After a ton of work I finally got a PC installed in my vette. I've been thinking about doing this for about 2.5 years now.

I'll try to get some pics up soon.

I used a dremel and cut out the ashtray and moved the AC controls down there. Installed a Nakamichi in dash 6 disk CD player where the AC controls were and installed a Clarion VRX610 flip out screen where the stock CD player was.

Got a mini book PC from http://www.tigerdirect.com. It's really tiny. 1Ghz Celeron with 128mb ram and 10 gig HD, comes with a CD-ROM. Have a DVD drive on order. Installed Windows XP.

For GPS I bought Co-Pilot 2002. Really slick, voice controlled and voice response. Tonight I'm going to connect the audio out on the PC to the AUX input on the Nakamichi. Also have Autotap installed on the computer, I just haven't connected the cable yet.

So for less than $2k I have a complete PC with Navigation, Autotap, 1300 MP3s. Also bought a data cable to connect my Nokia phone to the computer so I can connect to the internet (at 14.4k!) so I can pull weather and traffic reports.

 

Cool, post some pictures, now you can monitor the forum 24 hrs a day.


[Modified by wallstAL, 7:45 AM 12/19/2001]

 

Damn...post pics. Us Computer guys (geeks) are waiting patiently! :D

 

Oh yea, post some pics :smash:

 

Chant with me: WE WANT PICS. WE WANT PICS. :smash: :D

 

Definitely want to see some pics. Now you can post while waiting at a stoplight :yesnod:

 

Way :cool:

 

SWEET!

Post them there pics!!

:seeya

 

Cool, but dont tease us unless you have the pics ready. hehe :yesnod:

 

I to have been thinking about this for 3 years. I would really like to see the pics. Also how much did you pay for the monitor.

 

Lets see some pics!

 

Wow, that sounds amazing! :yesnod:

 

Very :cool: idea. I agree, can you post some pics?

Thanks

 

This one?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...?sku=A259-1000

BTW: I recognized your handle from MP3car.com

 

Sounds cool....Got to see those pictures though to really appreciate it...

 

That was me at mp3car.com. That's the machine. I'm having problems with my server. I think I have another place I can post them to. I'll try to do it tonight.

The screen was about $675. 1 DIN in size, flips out.

 

yep, that is definitely wicked as heck. now you need to get WiNRADiO so you will have an integrated scanner too - http://www.grove-ent.com/winradio.html

 

Here is a pic. The rest are at the URL below.


http://www.averagegeek.com/jones/carpc/index.htm

I still need to put a box around this thing to cover the PC and wires.

 

How does that ARM Mini-PC handle shock? Do you have it suspended or on something that won't allow it to take the full jolt from abnormal road conditions? Seems like the harddrive might have some problems eventually. :confused:

 

It's a laptop harddrive, which are really strong. Most new HD's now adays are rated for some serious G's. I might put a piece of foam under it, who knows.

Also dynomated almost the entire car last weekend. Start to finish this is a lengthy project.

I have ordered a laptop power supply that takes 12V DC input and outputs 16-21V at 64W. It works now, I just wanted to provide it cleaner, more stable power.