New here, current project - Kaypro 1 mod

[gnat]

I will post better quality pics soon as I move forward with the project.

Ok here is what it started out as...

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Actually there isn't a ton of work left. I have to turn the motherboard around and dremel out the back of the box for the connections. I also have to mount the hard drive behind the drive blank/fan control(simple). I have only one problem. I can't find my 7" LCD touchscreen I used to use in my carpc. I had it within a month or two ago so my hopes are high. I should have no problem making it look good in the hole.

oh, also have to hook up the light and a power switch on the back which shouldn't be much problem either. I may move the fan knob to the back and add another drive up front. I also have a wireless card I will be adding and a usb sprint broadband connection to add.

I have considered using an HP tablet pc instead of the gx150 I currently have in there. I believe the screen is 12" and of course it's a touch screen as well which I really want no matter what size I end up using.

[gnat]

for reference here are a few pics of older projects

around 2002 (from a full sheet of plexiglass)

car pc (2004)

Previous to the wireless keyboard w/pointer

Keyboard I just mentioned which I may enable on the kaypro as I have two receivers and it will allow me to continue to use it on my media center machine.

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Thats the short of it, I wish I had more pics of older projects but I don't sry(ie 1998 car pc).

Anyways, I've really enjoyed the site since I started browsing yesterday and I'll post updates as much as possible.

[jdbnsn]

Welcome gnat!

I want to know EVERYTHING about that car PC!!! That is exactly what I was planning on doing in my old car before I moved away from the space where I could do it (and the financial resources). Do you have a worklog or "in-progress" photos? Give us the rundown on what that baby can do, features, functions, etc...pretty please?

A friend of mine who worked as a cusom system installation tech for a mobile AV company was working on his truck but I never saw the finished product. He mounted all of his hardware where the glove-box was and replaced the box with a slide-out keyboard mount with a detachable wireless KB. He fabricated a new fiberglass dashboard that housed a ~19" touch-screen monitor where all of the climate control and headunit space was. Replaced all climate control and other various operations with PIC operated gadets and had installed some sort of software that controlled them as well as monitored all of the engine stats like temps, oil pressure, RPM's (I have no idea how). He even had installed bluetooth for laptop/PDA/phone connection, and wifi to connect to his home network to download media from his server. I was awestruck, I wish I could have seen the finished product.

[BigJohnson]

Wow. I definately want to see more of the carpc too! Thats awesome. What kind of car was it in? We are visual people here. Your progress pics are better than porn. Welcome to TBCS.

[jdbnsn]

Your progress pics are better than porn.

LMAO!!! I don't know if I'd go that far..

[NightrainSrt4]

What kind of car was it in?

I think that one is in a mustang.

Projects look nice dude. Keep up the good work.

[BigJohnson]

I think that one is in a mustang.

I think you may be right.

[Darth Dad]

Wow. I definately want to see more of the carpc too! Thats awesome. What kind of car was it in? We are visual people here. Your progress pics are better than porn. Welcome to TBCS.

+rep for having a mind purer than driven snow! :p

[SgtM]

I think you may be right.

Ditto.. You can clearly see the stang on the steering wheel, as well as "Mustang" embossed on the dash.

Welcome aboard gnat! Can't wait to see more of your projects.

[gnat]

Welcome gnat!

I want to know EVERYTHING about that car PC!!! That is exactly what I was planning on doing in my old car before I moved away from the space where I could do it (and the financial resources). Do you have a worklog or "in-progress" photos? Give us the rundown on what that baby can do, features, functions, etc...pretty please?

A friend of mine who worked as a cusom system installation tech for a mobile AV company was working on his truck but I never saw the finished product. He mounted all of his hardware where the glove-box was and replaced the box with a slide-out keyboard mount with a detachable wireless KB. He fabricated a new fiberglass dashboard that housed a ~19" touch-screen monitor where all of the climate control and headunit space was. Replaced all climate control and other various operations with PIC operated gadets and had installed some sort of software that controlled them as well as monitored all of the engine stats like temps, oil pressure, RPM's (I have no idea how). He even had installed bluetooth for laptop/PDA/phone connection, and wifi to connect to his home network to download media from his server. I was awestruck, I wish I could have seen the finished product.

I have some more pics and ill try to post more when I get home later.

I don't have it installed anymore but it was 1800mhz amd with 1gb ram and I think it a couple 120gb hds.

The lcd you can get from eBay is 7inches and about 200 bucks. The brand is lilliput but I'm not sure if I spelled that right.

It ran XP media center so I could run the media program or winamp with a full screen pluggin. I had two fans one in and one out but they were car audio fans by stinger somewhat like a squirrel fan. I live in Georgia so the summer was pretty much to hot for the trunk. I had no problem with the dell small form factors though. I think the website that I went to was mp3car.com if I recall correctly.

But like I said ill try to post more images later.

Thanks for the kind words everyone.