lol oops been a while since i checked the newsgroup sorry
yeah its all sitting on a shelf right now waiting for a good car to install
it in
i may have a chance at a 86 subaru rx turbo 5speed dual range
<yay!>


email me directly and i will giva ya some specs on my carpc

In article <MaOcb.3960$iT4.2843369 (AT) news1 (DOT) news.adelphia.net>,
oddcomp (AT) adelphia (DOT) net says...
Familiar?
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yeah i do
on forums/chat area's i go by oddcomp

still trying to sell teh saab
the people want more than i wanna spend on the rx

In article <NA5db.4293$iT4.3133839 (AT) news1 (DOT) news.adelphia.net>,
oddcomp (AT) adelphia (DOT) net says...
site about the car.

Good luck with getting the PC built eventually.

Don't think I've listened to the radio more than once in mine since I
fitted the PC.
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oh i have it built i have had it installed in my s-10 blazer but the front
end on my s-10 is to quirky to make it safe to drive and it eats a bit more
gas than i like especially when my drive to work is a half hour
so its kinda been retired
hence forth the on teh shelf status of car pc
i am now rolling in the ""wife's"" subaru gl-10 turbo
wagon that has been slightly modded by me all in the name of fuel economy of
course....
granted the side effect of being able to lay waste to most riced out farty
piped cars is nice hehe
and since my son and nice and nephew are usually in the car when the wife
drives it during the day
i decided that installing my car pc in it was not the wisest choice...

any quick run down
via epia 800 <gee go figure>
256 meg ram
laptop cd rom laptop 12g drive
12v inverter running a emachine sized atx psu
eventually to be a true dc-dc psu
it was a 5.6 tv type lcd but my son knocked it off the table and it has
lines in it now
i did score a datalux vga to tft lcd controller
with touch screen capability
and have a choice of a 10 11 or 12 " lcd panel that i have
wish i had something smaller
and i need ot get some 31 pin hirose connectors to make a cable for the lcd
and get the appropriate sized touch overlay
...

oh yeah and my own car to put it all back in
since it don't look like i can find a affordable tranny for the saab and not
having anyluck selling it off as a parts car
even though the motor is good

yeah i know my typing sux what do ya expect for just getting off graveyard
shift
lol

In article <6%Wdb.702$Vb3.626181 (AT) news1 (DOT) news.adelphia.net>,
oddcomp (AT) adelphia (DOT) net says...
Mine run in takes about 40 mins to an hour. one Album will usually
surfice unless traffic is stupid, and I'm delayed.

I'm using the 4AM music console for MP3 ATM. So I start one Album worth,
then queue up a second just in case. Then I don't need to touch it while
driving.
Haven't used the GPS for about a month, as I ahven't really been
anywhere apart from my usual commute, but it is useful when I do.

In a Family car, it would probably be more hassle than it is worth,
unless you force yourself to be one of those control freak fathers that
expect any passenger in the car to just sit there through out the
journey and do nothing.

Yeah, would love to go the DCDC route, but Opus don't have a UK/Euro
distributor ATM, and I would need the inverter still as the monitor has
a weird 12/5v split 5 pin Din style plug.
I went the Inverter route Myself. Did by one of those mini ATX PSUs, but
it failed after 1/2 and hour(don't know whether it terminally burned
out, or just overheated. Ended up putting the 250watt ATX back in that I
used in the large box I had as version one in the boot/trunk.

Went with an Epia Nehmiah M10000, and 512 meg DDR.
I located a nice external USB2 DVD player that is small enough to sit
under the rear seat poking out on the centre tunnel, but is tucked far
enough away to not be stepped on when I carry rear seast passengers.

I did have composite STN panel, that I mounted on a swivel arm like a
cell phone using a speaker mounting bracket (in house type).

But when I rebuilt it, I went with a 10.4" TFT VGA desktop screen that I
ripped out of it's case.

I bought one of the 10.4" Touch kits from Armin, but had to cut up the
Saab 900 centre console (the lower console that colds the cubby and din
slot) and widen it with an MDF frame, then lots of fibreglass and filler
to rebuild it, and sprayed it satin black with Plastic bumper paint.

It isn't perfect, and the filler is a little wavy, but as the interior
is a little dark it doesn't show so badly.

Two of the sales drones at work have seen it. they are both retail
gadget freaks, one has a PS2 and GPS in his Boxster, the other has full
DVD multichanger, Sat Nav, and multimedia in his M3. They both use 7"
screen.

The guy with the Boxster said, "You built that for £5-600 (I did salvage
bits from the junk box, and Ebay for the secondhand screen), my Screen
cost me £1000,( but it does Fold away)

The Guy with the M3 said "You Geek". I think he was just jealous that I
had better screen display, and currently about 40 Albums when his all
singing all dancing Multi changer only does 15.
Whats affordable? What is the body like? With the Prices that Saabs
fetch over hear, it might be worth finding a bodyily shot one, and
getting the trans from that (is it auto or manual). then just junk the
rest, or donate that to anyone who wants the remains.

Don't worry, did three years of manual work on the night shift, so i
know what you mean.

Hopefully, when I redevelop it further, I'll get a better Headunit with
decent either AUX in, or a CD changer port with an Aux hack, instead of
the slightly crackly FM modulator.

Good luck with sorting out the 9k.

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so what ya gonna do with the mini itx psu?

nice setup you got going on

the body is not bad some rusted out spot here and there the spare tire well
is rusted through nothing a wire feed welde and some sheet metal can't cure
not gonna worry about body work till it tolls under is own power
the interior is kinda so-so
not bad but needs some help
i don't belive i am on the same side of the pond as you so finding a tranny
"over there" then getting it over to here might be a bit expensive
uk to usa shipping and all
you want a opus?
send me money and i'll send you a opus
hmm forgot what else i was gonna say ...
perhaps whilst if fix some stuff and enjoy my breakfast of juice and
everclear i will remember

i am far from a control freak and my wife hates complicated things you know
like power buttons and such lol
maybe i will get her a mini van and keep the subaru for me
hmm wonder how close of a match the 2.0 saab turbo would be on a 1.8 subaru
turbo motor ... hmmm
perhaps will wait till i go programmable fuel injection when i finish
building it
shame the inter cooler in the 9k's is so huge won't fit the suby lol
but would fit nicely in say a isuzu trooper 2
been thinking of getting one of those to fix up and turbo and put the car pc
in

what kinda manual work did you do ?
i am gonna go try and remember what i was gonna say lol

In article <K7geb.287$qj6.260259 (AT) news1 (DOT) news.adelphia.net>,
oddcomp (AT) adelphia (DOT) net says...
I've mailed the company I bought it from, but they haven't replied.
Don't plan anything else yet.

Works quite well, just don't have any photos yet.

No yards near you a pick-a-part, where wyou might be able to pull your
own new (used)tranny?

I used to work for Safeway, over here. Working overnight making sure
that the store was fully stocked for the morning, pulling in, unloading
about 30 pallets from the truck, filling the shelves, and then reloading
leftovers back onto pallets, and then clearing them away.

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oh we got those types of yards but no saabs in em

i work at a dry ice plant making and cutting the stuff and hauling it
around in 60-70 lb blocks
we do around 20k lbs a night all hand bagged and put into large boxes
plus loading trailers
and me fixing broken equipment
since well who are ya gonna call at 3 am lol

In article <Y%oeb.469$qj6.432429 (AT) news1 (DOT) news.adelphia.net>,
oddcomp (AT) adelphia (DOT) net says...
Sounds like a great job for the summer.

But a real pig when the air temp drops below Zero?
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