beaver34
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| posted on 16/11/10 at 08:30 PM |
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laptop
im after a laptop for the car to setup dash and ecu, must have serial port not bothered about battery life
thanks
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britishtrident
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| posted on 16/11/10 at 10:34 PM |
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USB to serial convertors usually work OK with most car diagnostic software at least with XP
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 16/11/10 at 10:59 PM |
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I run a netbook eeepc, about £200 with a USB to serial adapter, which works great with megasquirt.
Very robust, long battery life, and not too precious if it gets damaged.
Matt
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RazMan
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| posted on 16/11/10 at 11:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
USB to serial convertors usually work OK with most car diagnostic software at least with XP
And with Win7 too 
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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r1_pete
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| posted on 17/11/10 at 10:36 AM |
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I'm sure I have a spare IBM Thinkpad T40 in the garage, will check later what ports it has.
The T20-23 range deffo have Serials, and go for peanuts on eBAY now, I use a T23, very robust reliable little machine.
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beaver34
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| posted on 17/11/10 at 11:48 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by r1_pete
I'm sure I have a spare IBM Thinkpad T40 in the garage, will check later what ports it has.
The T20-23 range deffo have Serials, and go for peanuts on eBAY now, I use a T23, very robust reliable little machine.
If you could that would be great
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beaver34
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| posted on 17/11/10 at 05:49 PM |
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i do have a usb to seriel but it seemed hit and miss when it worked, but would consider any laptop really
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beaver34
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| posted on 20/11/10 at 11:53 AM |
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UPP
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r1_pete
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| posted on 28/11/10 at 04:41 PM |
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