ryansss
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Laptop would be good as I could take it out easily and use it when on the train and stuff, but mini pc would look the nuts in the car.
Anyone know where I can buy a car pc from? Been looking on the net, but only found us sites.
If anyone has a pc or laptop please post pics
Thanks
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toxic
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make one ure salf becouse to buy a ready made in car pc thay wont like £1000+ LOL
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Dan Lewis
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http://www.mp3playerstore.com/stuff_you_need/dvd/TX3.htm <--- computer under 400
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chumbly_warner
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I have 1 in mine:
2.4Ghz P4, 150w Power Supply, 80gb Hard Disk, 128mb Geforce 5200, Slot Load DVD drive, USB BlueTooth Adapter, USB Wireless Adapter, 500watt Invertor.
Here are all the parts:
The top screen is a touch screen:
Here is the pc with media player running on all 7 screens:
Ashley
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ryansss
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quote:
Originally posted by almost_me
http://www.mp3playerstore.com/stuff_you_need/dvd/TX3.htm <--- computer under 400
Its an american site
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ryansss
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quote:
Originally posted by chumbly_warner
I have 1 in mine:
2.4Ghz P4, 150w Power Supply, 80gb Hard Disk, 128mb Geforce 5200, Slot Load DVD drive, USB BlueTooth Adapter, USB Wireless Adapter, 500watt Invertor.
Here are all the parts:
Very nice. How does power work? Do you run from an invertor, and how does that affect shutdowns if you turn the ignition off before shutting down?
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chumbly_warner
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if u want 1 that will shutdown the pc for u the powersupply is about £150, i would like to have 1 but i dont really use the pc much and i dont mind waiting the few seconds it takes to shutdown.
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Rob Withey
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My car PC -> http://www.nav.to/robwithey
Bit more than £400 though.
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50Calibre
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you could try something like this:
clicky
its got a monitor included its not touch screen and its a specialist unit so you would need to make sure it can do what you want it to now, but it already runs of 12v so it looks like u would just need a regulator rather than an invertor
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Rob Withey
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Regulators can be found here : http://www.carnetix.com/
Avoid the Ituner pre-regulators - they are based on linear regulators (LM1084) and have a minimum input voltage of about 13.5v to kick out a nice stable 12v.
Alternatively switch the PW60 for a proper power supply such as an Opus from linitx for example : http://www.linitx.com/
HTH
Rob
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drax
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How muc ham i looking at for one of those touch screen displays?
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Richie
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A 7" 15:9 touch screen is around £160 shipped, and an 8" 4:3 touch screen (better imo) is around £180 shipped.
7"
8"
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mikehiow
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get a mini-itx machine, run linux off a CF card 
quick startup, no need to really "shut down" either.
[Edited on 17-08-2005 by mikehiow]
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by ryansss
quote:
Originally posted by almost_me
http://www.mp3playerstore.com/stuff_you_need/dvd/TX3.htm <--- computer under 400
Its an american site
Canadian, very cheap, great site to order screens and things off.
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mikehiow
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getting my old server back, its a micro-atx box, so thinking of sticking it in the car, need a touch screen to acompany it, can anyone recommend something cheap?
I'm also going to be creating a custom linux install and making some software to create a nice looking media interface, would anyone be interested in this software?
If people are interested, I can make it easier for myself to distribute it when its finnished.
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drax
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I might be as ive plans for my corsa involving compys  , stil got your msn i thin mate
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mikehiow
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yer, think your still on there,
just waiting on my old box to be returned to me, then I'll be getting to work on it, when I have a working beta, I'll post up a thread to guage interest,
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