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Rob Kendrick

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More options 22 Feb 2007, 23:41

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From: Rob Kendrick <n...@rjek.com>

Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:41:25 +0000

Local: Thurs 22 Feb 2007 23:41

Subject: Re: RISC PC Powersupply for a car

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On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:04:13 +0000, druck wrote:
>> On the other hand using a RiscPC as a prototype makes a lot of sense. If
>> the software/hardware is usable on a RiscPC it should be fine on a
>> faster A9home.

> But if someone comes up with useful and good looking in car system based
> around and A9 and a small LCD display, they might be able to make quite a
> few pennies by selling it to others. Its something I've considered.

You might want to talk to Advantage Six directly on that one: I seem to
recall that the SM501 video chip-set has an LCD controller built-in, and
you may be better off using that output rather than then VGA. (I'm
assuming that the LVDS is sent to a pin-out somewhere.) Thus, you'd want
A6 to make you A9s with this exposed on the casework to avoid voiding any
warranties.

I've looked into it too; although only really as a mechanism to dump
photos off my camera while away from home, and provide some interface for
viewing/deleting/etc them. Alas, I think the CPU might be a little too
puny for doing RAW conversions for this.

If you make any progress on this - I'm interested.

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