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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!ericom!garbod26!etxansk
- From: etxansk@garbo.ericsson.se
- Subject: Atari XL as Car Computer
- Message-ID: <etxansk.726768361@garbod26>
- Originator: etxansk@garbod26
- Sender: news@ericsson.se
- Nntp-Posting-Host: garbod26.ericsson.se
- Organization: Ericsson
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:06:01 GMT
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- I've been thinking of putting an Atari XL computer in my car with a
- portable TV (LCD colour display type) installed on the dashboard.
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- With this equipment in the car it would be possible to have many
- important messages such as "low on fuel", "door not properly closed",
- "fasten seat belts" etc available with flashy graphics. Not that this
- would make it any better, replacing the car's own simple but reliable
- indicators wouldn't improve anything, but a computer in the car would
- be pretty cool.
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- I believe that the XL computer only needs a +5V power source, and
- I could use an 8 KB EPROM for the software (written in assembler).
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- Has anyone tried this or a similar project? I've heard that computers
- tend to lock up quite often when used in cars, because of bad glitches
- in the power source. (If supplied with an adapter from the car battery
- voltage.)
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- Btw, there's a 12V battery in this car, I assume a 12V-to-5V adapter
- is relatively cheap.
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- Thanks for any information,
- Anders Skelander
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