NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/comp/sys/atari/8bit/5851

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From: [e-mail] (Jerry Dunham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Atari XL as Car Computer
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Date: 12 Jan 93 18:09:09 GMT
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In article <etxansk.726768361@garbod26] [e-mail] writes:
]
] 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.
]
] 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.
]
] 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.)

It seems I heard somewhere that Dave Small had done or was doing a simi-
lar project, not as a Gadgets by Small product, but just for himself.

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Jerry Dunham                   DoF #1.5               [e-mail]
Tandem Computers, Inc., ISD                         [e-mail]
Austin, TX              [e-mail]              [phone]
                 There's no such thing as a free lunch.