tbray writes "Dave Edmondson wanted to play MP3's in his car; his
solution was perhaps a bit over the top. But then, why wouldn't you want an
E450 in your trunk? Check the pix."
Power consumption
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eltoyoboyo
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· Score: 4, Interesting
I did not notice how much he said about battery life on a car-powered 230vac computer system. But you probably do not want to be playing the music without the engine running...(Not that you could hear the engine over the sound of the E450 anyway)
It sounds like all he has is an 80GB HD, and it serves up files.
Couldn't an ultra tiny machine do this?
What a waste.
Site comes up for me
by
JohnnyComeLately
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· Score: 4, Interesting
I've shaken my head at PCs in a car, and some other oddities. This car, though, takes the cake. I'm not sure I'd really want to do this, even if I could. Enterprise servers aren't made for that vibration, and I've seen what a smoked power supply goes for (right after corporate decided to "save money" by dropping the warranties). Even with WiFi, Bluetooth, or wi-flavor of the month, you're just wasting resources. You might as well be in a Lambroghini Diablo, parked in traffic on the 5 in LA.
Re:trunk space
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morcheeba
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· Score: 2, Interesting
The size of the E450 would cut deeply into the space for bodies....especially in an accident! The thing not only isn't secured, but its on wheels!
p.s. I'm smelling a hoax. Not that it's impossible, but I was looking for photographic proof beyond what it would look like when you're just merely transporting an old server and though it would be funny if...
I'm not impressed
by
Y0tsuya
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· Score: 4, Interesting
Normal people actually use their trunks to carry things like groceries, tools & parts from home depot, luggages, etc. Hauling a big ass computer in the trunk creates a massive inconvenience in everyday life.
Do it better in 2 words.
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CRC'99
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· Score: 5, Interesting
Mini ITX.
Nuff said. I have one sitting under the seat in my car. 7" touchscreen in the dash, GPS and navigation software. All in a mini-case and runs off the 13.8v straight from the car battery.
Yes, that looks geeky, but touchscreen works better:)
-- Sendmail is like emacs: A nice operating system, but missing an editor and a MTA.
Re:early post'd!
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Rick+the+Red
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· Score: 1, Interesting
Cool? It's nuts. For a fraction of the cost you could save a lot of trunk space and just velcro an iPod to your dash.
-- If all this should have a reason, we would be the last to know.
Crunk in da trunk
by
beavmetal
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· Score: 3, Interesting
Bah! to all those who made cracks about dayton ohio. You forget we host the Hamvention.
Regardless, this guys got the right idea. Personally I decided not to put a computer in my car after ludacris sang about it. However, I still use a laptop and a digital FM converter to play my music.
But really, think about it. Shouldn't this be the way car audio is headed. No need for damn disk. Also, CD are easy, frequent targets for thieves. If your neighbors don't see the wank stealing the server out of the back of your car, then they should buy your replacement. The e450 is a little big. I mean where are the 4 15"s gonna go. And wouldn't the vibration of my subs kill the E450.
Even so, when you compare the price of a computer to that of the phatbox
there isn't much difference. Really the computer is more fun and could very well be put to more use. Think replacing the head unit with a touch screen that runs software you wrote to control the system. Who needs a dvd nav system. Put the GPS receiver and the software rigth on the computer. Think wireless file server so you can listen to the music on your car at your desk at work and then transfer all your hard work to the backup car system.
This guy isn't the first person to put a computer in his car. He definitely won't be the last. While there will still be a solid market for component systems, I strongly believe that portable, multifunction car systems will become the norm within 10 years.
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This was to make life easy?
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jm91509
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· Score: 4, Interesting
Cool!
"...the interest in getting a large chunk of music into the car without carrying around and managing a big stack of CDs has remained."
So to avoid the hastle of managing a stack of CD's, this guy has installed an E450 and a SunRay in his car? And after doing all that (no mean feat I would suspect) the audio is connected to his car via a tape converter?
Funny, but me thinks we are having our legs pulled...
Sell monster 90's server; use money to buy iPod
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MrChuck
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· Score: 4, Interesting
Bet he coulda gotten $500 for a loaded E450 and maintained said investment.
That said, for
@work, I suffer with E450's because "They Are Suns". Even when I show that a 1CPU x86 @ 2GHz smokes it.
"and with one CPU, I can be assured that the machine won't lock up with multiple CPUs contending for one resource" (well, it's as reasonable as his thoughts about dedicated CPUs for decoding...)
As for power, a friend just hit a junk yard ambulance and got a 100A alternator (he runs emergency lights on his car going to fires). A 1000watt inverter and you could power the E450.
Just be careful turning with all those disks on.
I can see either a disk crash or gyroscopes causing car crashes;)
Re:Sell monster 90's server; use money to buy iPod
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 2, Interesting
If the sun does the job and you know how the job will scale over the years, you may find its cheaper over the long haul. I have several decade old sun boxes doing different jobs around the place and some of the PC's that were bought to replace them are somewhere at the local landfil.
Re:CompactFlash car mp3 players ?
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sweede
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· Score: 2, Interesting
Many of the higher end audio products have these capabilities. The whole thing that guy did is just beyond idiotic. he probably has spent more money and time on that thing than he could of had he gone out and purchased a new high quaility Alpine or Eclipse head unit that have internal 40-60 gig harddrive, plays DVD's with Mp3's on them, and can use CF type-II slots (ibm microdrives anyone).
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I did not notice how much he said about battery life on a car-powered 230vac computer system. But you probably do not want to be playing the music without the engine running...(Not that you could hear the engine over the sound of the E450 anyway)
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It sounds like all he has is an 80GB HD, and it serves up files.
Couldn't an ultra tiny machine do this?
What a waste.
I've shaken my head at PCs in a car, and some other oddities. This car, though, takes the cake. I'm not sure I'd really want to do this, even if I could. Enterprise servers aren't made for that vibration, and I've seen what a smoked power supply goes for (right after corporate decided to "save money" by dropping the warranties). Even with WiFi, Bluetooth, or wi-flavor of the month, you're just wasting resources. You might as well be in a Lambroghini Diablo, parked in traffic on the 5 in LA.
The size of the E450 would cut deeply into the space for bodies. ...especially in an accident! The thing not only isn't secured, but its on wheels!
p.s. I'm smelling a hoax. Not that it's impossible, but I was looking for photographic proof beyond what it would look like when you're just merely transporting an old server and though it would be funny if...
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Normal people actually use their trunks to carry things like groceries, tools & parts from home depot, luggages, etc. Hauling a big ass computer in the trunk creates a massive inconvenience in everyday life.
Mini ITX.
:)
Nuff said. I have one sitting under the seat in my car. 7" touchscreen in the dash, GPS and navigation software. All in a mini-case and runs off the 13.8v straight from the car battery.
Yes, that looks geeky, but touchscreen works better
Sendmail is like emacs: A nice operating system, but missing an editor and a MTA.
Cool? It's nuts. For a fraction of the cost you could save a lot of trunk space and just velcro an iPod to your dash.
If all this should have a reason, we would be the last to know.
Bah! to all those who made cracks about dayton ohio. You forget we host the Hamvention.
Regardless, this guys got the right idea. Personally I decided not to put a computer in my car after ludacris sang about it. However, I still use a laptop and a digital FM converter to play my music.
But really, think about it. Shouldn't this be the way car audio is headed. No need for damn disk. Also, CD are easy, frequent targets for thieves. If your neighbors don't see the wank stealing the server out of the back of your car, then they should buy your replacement. The e450 is a little big. I mean where are the 4 15"s gonna go. And wouldn't the vibration of my subs kill the E450.
Even so, when you compare the price of a computer to that of the phatbox there isn't much difference. Really the computer is more fun and could very well be put to more use. Think replacing the head unit with a touch screen that runs software you wrote to control the system. Who needs a dvd nav system. Put the GPS receiver and the software rigth on the computer. Think wireless file server so you can listen to the music on your car at your desk at work and then transfer all your hard work to the backup car system.
This guy isn't the first person to put a computer in his car. He definitely won't be the last. While there will still be a solid market for component systems, I strongly believe that portable, multifunction car systems will become the norm within 10 years.
Looks like it is time to replace your Personality Module. You are a bit to clingy, guess I better replace your fuser to
Cool!
"...the interest in getting a large chunk of music into the car without carrying around and managing a big stack of CDs has remained."
So to avoid the hastle of managing a stack of CD's, this guy has installed an E450 and a SunRay in his car? And after doing all that (no mean feat I would suspect) the audio is connected to his car via a tape converter?
Funny, but me thinks we are having our legs pulled...
That said, for @work, I suffer with E450's because "They Are Suns". Even when I show that a 1CPU x86 @ 2GHz smokes it.
"and with one CPU, I can be assured that the machine won't lock up with multiple CPUs contending for one resource" (well, it's as reasonable as his thoughts about dedicated CPUs for decoding...)
As for power, a friend just hit a junk yard ambulance and got a 100A alternator (he runs emergency lights on his car going to fires). A 1000watt inverter and you could power the E450.
Just be careful turning with all those disks on. I can see either a disk crash or gyroscopes causing car crashes ;)
Many of the higher end audio products have these capabilities. The whole thing that guy did is just beyond idiotic. he probably has spent more money and time on that thing than he could of had he gone out and purchased a new high quaility Alpine or Eclipse head unit that have internal 40-60 gig harddrive, plays DVD's with Mp3's on them, and can use CF type-II slots (ibm microdrives anyone).
I follow the SDK and GDN principles.. Spelling Dont Kount, Grammer Dont Neither