Date:         Sat, 5 Jan 2002 20:44:28 -0600
Reply-To:     Marshall <mjruskin@HOME.COM>
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From:         Marshall <mjruskin@HOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: in dash MP3 player??
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If you were wondering how to mount your I-Opener in your van (and not how to
mount your HD in your I-Opener), I have some ideas:

Make a replacement for the front table surface, to use specially for your
I-Opener.

Route a depression in it, the same shape as the I-opener base, or just drill
2 holes to put the metal legs in and abandon the plastic base.

While you're making this table, consider putting suitable holes in it so you
can use it as a cupholder.

Oh, in case it isn't obvious, you must set up/rotate the table so it is
between the front seats. That way you can also use it for GPS or to drive a
3 or 5 speaker computer-type stereo. Or you can have the I-Opener facing
backwards, and use it to play DVD's to your kinder, (if you can figure out
how to connect the DVD - I cannot remember if there is a spare IDE channel
or not.

If you know what you are doing with electronics, the I-Opener can be powered
from 12 Volts DC. I'd make a separate fused 12 volt circuit for it, so it
doesn't crash when you turn off your car.

(By the way, when I hacked my I-Opener (mine now has Windows and a hard
drive) I din't replace the bios chip - I just overwrote it.)

Good luck!

Marshall Ruskin
84 Westy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Spak" <wnsopc3@3RDM.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 07:56 PM
Subject: Re: in dash MP3 player??


> Now here is a side of Ken Wilford that I never knew
>
> Walt Spak
> Pittsburgh, PA.
> wnsopc3@3rdm.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <KENWILFY@AOL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 7:48 PM
> Subject: Re: in dash MP3 player??
>
>
> > I finally got around to hacking my I-Opener over the Christmas and New
> Year
> > holidays.  This is a 200 mhz computer that cost me $100 from Circuit
City.
> > It was all the buzz about a year and a half ago.  I bought an $80 3 gig
> hard
> > drive and a $16 bios chip (needed to hack the machine) and now we are in
> > business.  So I am into it a total of $196 and have a MP3 player with a
> color
> > 11" screen that you could also use as a GPS (I already have the GPS
> software
> > and unit from Delorme), a websurfer, or whatever else you could want to
> use a
> > computer for except for probably intense computer gaming (I could put my
> > Nintendo emulator and all my Roms on there for old fashioned Nintendo
> fever
> > when the mood strikes).  If you want to check out what is going on with
> these
> > here is a link http://www.linux-hacker.net/.  You can still find these
> units
> > on ebay from time to time and the hack was pretty easy.  If you get a
> version
> > 4 or 5 it is basically as easy as popping out the bios chip and popping
in
> a
> > new one, then adding the hard drive.  Now my only question is, how do I
> mount
> > it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ken Wilford
> > Van-Again
> > John 3:16
> > http://www.vanagain.com
> > Office: (856)-765-1583
> > Fax: (856)-327-2242
>