
by Sam
A GThing Science Project
..continued from Part 4
WELCOME DIGG USERS: This is the last of 5 articles about the carputer. It has all the good stuff like pictures of the final install. If you want more background and information, videos of the front end in action, pictures of my car ripped apart, etc. about the …

by Sam
A GThing Science Project
..continued from Part 3
The carputer is complete. And by complete I mean it’s in and it’s working. All of my software enhancements will be taking place over the next little while, but for now I can listen to music, watch movies, war drive, etc. with the existing setup. It’s all clean …

by Sam
A GThing Science Project
..continued from Part 2
Update on the LCD screen:
I called MP3 car and told them what happened. I asked if they would consider hooking me up with some free overnight shipping out of the kindness of their hearts. I got on my knees and begged for pity.
The guy I talked to, Matthew, …

by Sam
A GThing Science Project
..continued from Part 1
A tragic tale of defeat
So Dave and I got together to work on the Carputer tonight. Things were going well, we got almost all of the cable run and were ready to start hooking things up. I wired up a hidden female cigarette lighter port to to power …

by Sam
A GThing Science Project
Get your old mac mini installed in your car
Part - 1
Today’s package from UPS completes my collection of parts that will be required for my car computer install. I already had the mac mini, and today I got the screen, the custom bezel, the power supply, and an adapter cable I …