I've been looking at single-board computers for the car, ever since empeg bit the dust. (was pushed into the ground by rio)
http://www.jenlogix.co.nz/products/pc-104.htm looks very cool - but would a 386 SX40 play MP3s in the car? A 486 DX4 100 should be capable, but very few designs have audio onboard. Heres a good compromise... http://www.jenlogix.co.nz/products/wafer-5820.htm This card retails for $720 + GST, has a 300 MHz GEODE CPU which runs linux fine. http://www.jenlogix.co.nz/products/mb-1200.htm A chassies for the above mainboard, $455 for the 12V DC version at 55 W http://www.jenlogix.co.nz/products/diskonchip.htm DiskOnChip for use as a root device 8Mb $80 + 16Mb $100 + 32Mb $140 + 48/80/144/288 Mb sizes available too http://www.jenlogix.co.nz/products/lcd-kit01.htm 6.4" TFT LCD screen, $574 + and its powered through its signal cable. Board uses a standard SO-DIMM and case takes standard 2.5" hard drives Now to rob a few banks.... On Wed, 2002-08-21 at 11:42, Andrew Errington wrote: > > > > Andrew wrote: > > > Anyone else on list other than Chris H, David M, Nick R whom are geek in > > > action by adding home-grown mods to their respective systems. > > > > Dave Mann made an adapter for an XT power supply I had, to provide the > > 5V Power-Tastes-Good signal for a 386 motherboard. That was in about > > 1995 or 96 > > > > > > I am a bit of a hardware hacker. The last thing I built was an MP3 > player for the car. I built a 12V switch mode PSU. based on a design by > Bob Blick to power the PC, built a box from sheet metal, and built an > LCD/keypad terminal using a PIC to go in the dash. The PIC also > monitored the ignition line and controlled the PSU startup and > shutdown. The PC ran Linux, of course. > > Biggest problem is finding the time to hack... > > Andy > > PS I just moved to CHCH, nice to meet you all.
