From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jan 13 21:25:59 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA18547 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 21:25:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ime.net (ime.net [209.90.192.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA18542 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 21:25:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) Received: from celeris (56k-port4040.ime.net [209.90.195.50]) by ime.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id AAA02062; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 00:24:35 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4.1.19990114001935.00cff3e0@genesis.ispace.com> X-Sender: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 00:20:50 -0500 To: Mark Kobussen From: Drew Baxter Subject: Re: Car Mp3 Player Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <369D5CC9.49884181@iname.com> References: <4.1.19990111182426.00a9ac60@genesis.ispace.com> <4.1.19990112182143.00c9e470@genesis.ispace.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 PGP ID: 409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message