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Date:      Thu, 14 Jan 1999 00:20:50 -0500
From:      Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com>
To:        Mark Kobussen <skjellyfetti@iname.com>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Car Mp3 Player
Message-ID:  <4.1.19990114001935.00cff3e0@genesis.ispace.com>
In-Reply-To: <369D5CC9.49884181@iname.com>
References:  <4.1.19990111182426.00a9ac60@genesis.ispace.com> <4.1.19990112182143.00c9e470@genesis.ispace.com>

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At 08:56 PM 1/13/99 -0600, Mark Kobussen wrote:
>Tried the whole touch-screen idea.  I've talked to several different
>companies and not one will even think about manufacturing a custom 6"
>touch-kit for me, and the 10" ones they have are much too big to fit in
>my double DIN space.

Although a mount like they use for a fishfinder would work :-)

>Yeah, my car has a built-in diagnostics port and ECU (embedded chip for
>engine\turbo control), so I'm going to have an input from that into the
>embedded CPU.  Was thinking about a Heads Up Display (Honeywell makes
>some), but that would drive me to rip my car apart, and it'd be a pain
>in the ass anyway. =)

Hmmm.. The diagnostic port just has a bunch of sensors? or are you going to
have to wire some chips in to pull the data off?

---
Drew "Droobie" Baxter
Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM)
OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA
http://www.droo.orland.me.us

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