Re: Car computer
I did something similar once, albeit with an iBook G4 in a backpack. I cycle, and I installed a 7 LCD into my helmet that superimposed info like speed, time, distance, etc onto two webcams on top of my helmet, facing either direction. It looked ridiculous and worked for three weeks before a car hit me and the screen and iBook were ruined. Illirik Smirnov On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 8:05 PM, john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On May 20, 5:10 pm, Brian hellcat...@gmail.com wrote: My Google-fu must not be as strong as yours, as I haven't found any yet. Found a link: http://www.webpg.net/ They have a link to OS X software, plus a bunch of other commercial sources. I think this is the one I was thinking of; but it could have been something I saw while reading Road and Track at the dentist's office last month... -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Car computer
Alexander, I am still researching this, as I have an in between OBD setup (OBD 1.5). The port is OBD-1, but some of the hardware behind it and some codes are OBD-II. I have yet to figure out what readers will work, but I came across this, and thought you might be interested: http://www.aldlcable.com/ Brian On May 25, 2011, at 2:56 PM, Alexander Gomes wrote: @Johnson I found that website, and the only drawback is that my car is a 92 so it's still on ODB1. I have an Intel MBP but I'm still looking for someway to reuse my PPC stuff. I think I am going to have to give up on it and just go with an Intel based machine :( -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Car computer
@Johnson I found that website, and the only drawback is that my car is a 92 so it's still on ODB1. I have an Intel MBP but I'm still looking for someway to reuse my PPC stuff. I think I am going to have to give up on it and just go with an Intel based machine :( -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Car computer
Again, that would be developed for an ARM cpu. I'm looking for a way to use my oldish hardware in a very productive way. I'm not wanting to use an ipod/ipad. I use an android phone because I found it to be much better then my jailbroken(that I jailbroke) iphone. Runs faster and cleaner out of the box then any iPhone I've ever run into. Ever. On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Jim McGee orb...@dslextreme.com wrote: This popped up: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1024525 which led to : http://www.devtoaster.com/products/rev/ works with iphone and ipod Jim -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Car computer
This has promise. However, my car is a 1995 and this app looks like it is for cars 1996 and newer. I believe my car is supposed to have OBD-II in name, but last time this came up in discussion, my car has more of a hybrid than real OBD-II and the hybrid firmware could cause problems for this. On May 22, 2011, at 9:17 PM, Jim McGee wrote: This popped up: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1024525 which led to : http://www.devtoaster.com/products/rev/ works with iphone and ipod Jim On May 20, 2011, at 5:10 PM, Brian wrote: My Google-fu must not be as strong as yours, as I haven't found any yet. On May 18, 2011, at 7:42 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 18, 2011, at 5:35 PM, Brian wrote: There are Mac-based engine analyzers, I know I saw one not too long ago, but my Google-fu is weak this afternoon. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Car computer
On 22/05/11 10:30 PM, Alexander Gomes alexcomputersolut...@gmail.com wrote: Again, that would be developed for an ARM cpu. I'm looking for a way to use my oldish hardware in a very productive way. I'm not wanting to use an ipod/ipad. I use an android phone because I found it to be much better then my jailbroken(that I jailbroke) iphone. Runs faster and cleaner out of the box then any iPhone I've ever run into. Ever. On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Jim McGee orb...@dslextreme.com wrote: This popped up: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1024525 which led to : http://www.devtoaster.com/products/rev/ works with iphone and ipod Jim Is this what you¹re looking for? http://gep.web.id/176/android-phone-car-diagnostic-kit/ ³Runs faster and cleaner out of the box then any iPhone I've ever run into. Ever.² Really? Maybe your problem was that it was jailbroken. My iPhone 4 runs very smoothly and quickly. I¹ve tried the Android phones of various makes and models and the myriad of Android flavours and I just found the iPhone 4 (not jailbroken) more stable. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Car computer
On May 18, 2011, at 1:20 AM, Alexander Gomes wrote: I had a thought and a couple of questions. I was thinking about putting a computer into my car for music and gas mileage tracking, things of the like, and I was wondering what you all might think of it? I know my G4 has passive cooling anyway, and changing the case and power supply would be the biggest thing, but the easiest as soon as I find one that will fit. I'm really wondering what are the thermal limits of them? How well do you think it will fair? Issues are HD and space. A spinning HD probably won't last long in a mobile environment and a G4 tower takes a lot of space. However, when the mini came out, there were numerous mods to get them into the DIN spot of the radio. Replace the HD with an SSD and (the hard part) get a small touch screen you have a full multimedia system and general purpose computer in your dash. Then again, a iPod touch will do the same thing and you can velcro it to the dash. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
RE: Car computer
Or use something like that: http://www.buyincoins.com/car-kit-windshield-holder-cradle-mount-for-apple-ipad-product-2257.html or this : http://cgi.ebay.ca/Car-Mount-Holder-Stand-Suck-Console-Apple-iPad-New-/110689306686?pt=US_Tablet_Accessorieshash=item19c598c83e Subject: Re: Car computer From: kab...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 09:18:10 -0600 To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com I would just get an iPad and carve a hole in the dash for it. Or you can just glue it to the dash. On May 18, 2011, at 6:07 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: On May 18, 2011, at 1:20 AM, Alexander Gomes wrote: I had a thought and a couple of questions. I was thinking about putting a computer into my car for music and gas mileage tracking, things of the like, and I was wondering what you all might think of it? I know my G4 has passive cooling anyway, and changing the case and power supply would be the biggest thing, but the easiest as soon as I find one that will fit. I'm really wondering what are the thermal limits of them? How well do you think it will fair? Issues are HD and space. A spinning HD probably won't last long in a mobile environment and a G4 tower takes a lot of space. However, when the mini came out, there were numerous mods to get them into the DIN spot of the radio. Replace the HD with an SSD and (the hard part) get a small touch screen you have a full multimedia system and general purpose computer in your dash. Then again, a iPod touch will do the same thing and you can velcro it to the dash. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Car computer
At 00:20 -0500 5/18/11, Alexander Gomes wrote: I had a thought and a couple of questions. I was thinking about putting a computer into my car for music and gas mileage tracking, things of the like, and I was wondering what you all might think of it? I know my G4 has passive cooling anyway, and changing the case and power supply would be the biggest thing, but the easiest as soon as I find one that will fit. I'm really wondering what are the thermal limits of them? How well do you think it will fair? Your automobile, unless it's like my 1982 Jeep, has a CAN bus that it uses to send information to its plurality of microprocessors. You really should find a processor board that can read the bus but that will not be an Apple board. J K Microsystems has some nice ideas and they will run Linux. Some of them are great with the likes of music. But then getting the formats for the CAN bus might be tricky. -- -- From the U S of A, the only socialist country that refuses to admit it. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Car computer
Check out this: http://members.shaw.ca/infonic/icece/ http://bact.blogspot.com/2004/06/sun-e450-as-car-audio.html If this guy can get a Sun E450 working successfully in his ricer minivan, there is no reason a G4 won't work in your car. An E450 is easily 3 to 4 times the size of an Apple G4. Jerry On 05/18/11 00:20, Alexander Gomes wrote: I had a thought and a couple of questions. I was thinking about putting a computer into my car for music and gas mileage tracking, things of the like, and I was wondering what you all might think of it? I know my G4 has passive cooling anyway, and changing the case and power supply would be the biggest thing, but the easiest as soon as I find one that will fit. I'm really wondering what are the thermal limits of them? How well do you think it will fair? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Car computer
Space wouldn't be a problem as I would change the case. The hard drive wouldn't be a problem either as I can use a cf card and adapter as the drive. I would rather have a complete system vs an ipod as I already use that for mobile music. I could go with an oldish intel but id rather use something I know will be reliable -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Car computer
I've actually been thinking of the same kind of thing for my car that i've been restoring. I haven't found a lot of encouraging info though. Aside from music, I was hoping to have a stand alone map application that works regardless of cellular service availability. But for me the real catch is that I want something that can interface with the car's built in computer and give me real time engine data. While there are programs out there that do this, I have yet to encounter one that is not windows based. I was hoping to use an old Powerbook 1400 for this, but if a windows program is my only option... My best thinking currently is to get an intel mac mini or macbook and to put the windows app in a wineskin wrapper to run it. I'm also hoping to take advantage of the voice command abilities of OS X. On May 18, 2011, at 6:24 PM, Alexander Gomes wrote: Space wouldn't be a problem as I would change the case. The hard drive wouldn't be a problem either as I can use a cf card and adapter as the drive. I would rather have a complete system vs an ipod as I already use that for mobile music. I could go with an oldish intel but id rather use something I know will be reliable -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Car computer
On May 18, 2011, at 5:35 PM, Brian wrote: But for me the real catch is that I want something that can interface with the car's built in computer and give me real time engine data. While there are programs out there that do this, I have yet to encounter one that is not windows based. I was hoping to use an old Powerbook 1400 for this, but if a windows program is my only option... There are Mac-based engine analyzers, I know I saw one not too long ago, but my Google-fu is weak this afternoon. -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Car computer
I'd think something like an iBook would be a better choice. Dismount the screen and attach that to the dash. Might need to make a custom cable. The car can be a warm environment so I might pull the top and put a fan over the heatsink. Either reuse the keyboard and trackpad or go USB or Bluetooth. On May 18, 4:24 pm, Alexander Gomes alexcomputersolut...@gmail.com wrote: Space wouldn't be a problem as I would change the case. The hard drive wouldn't be a problem either as I can use a cf card and adapter as the drive. I would rather have a complete system vs an ipod as I already use that for mobile music. I could go with an oldish intel but id rather use something I know will be reliable -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
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I was thinking about buying another old Pismo and using that in the car on a mount. Since the interface would be usb to the vehicles ODB port it would be simple enough to use as long as I could find a program that supports PPC processors. I'm not wanting to use intel or windows but might consider it if I have to. I still want to use an old powermac or something close, but I can at least use the pismo when I get it to test with -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Car computer
IPad 16 gig with vehicle bolt mount from Joy Factory would be my choice. :) Sent from my iPad On May 18, 2011, at 8:24 PM, Alexander Gomes alexcomputersolut...@gmail.com wrote: I was thinking about buying another old Pismo and using that in the car on a mount. Since the interface would be usb to the vehicles ODB port it would be simple enough to use as long as I could find a program that supports PPC processors. I'm not wanting to use intel or windows but might consider it if I have to. I still want to use an old powermac or something close, but I can at least use the pismo when I get it to test with -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Car computer
See the point is I like apples original hardware, and my 450 G4 is still faster then the ipads processor. Just pointing that out -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
