Hardware

This list shows the parts I plan to use in the carputer, I have them laid out in a pretty straightforward manner for those of you who like my ideas and want to replicate them for their own PERSONAL use. If you sell my ideas, I'll find you and you won't like what happens after that. I'm crazy, ya know!

I have the columns set up as such: An image of the part, a brief description with links to more extensive info where it's needed, and then what the part cost me and where I got it from. "N/A" means I already had the part. Most of the photos are clickable and will open a new window with larger photos and/or seperate pages with several images and more detailed information for that item.

	Screen: 7" Diagonal 16:9 widescreen TFT Touchscreen with two compisite video inputs (RCA jacks) and 1 VGA input. Claims to do 1600x1200, but I won't be running anything higher than the native 800x480 resolution of the screen.	$200 eBay
	Mainboard: Advantech PCM-5862E EBX (Biscuit) form factor. Socket 7, UDMA/33 (2 drives), 4 serial, 1 paralell, onboard VGA, onboard sound, onboard 10/100 ethernet, 1 PCI slot, 2 72-pin SIMM slots, 1 PC104 connector, more... and all on a single computer board the size of an internal CDROM drive. Click here for full spec sheet with pictures.	$220 eBay
	PCMCIA Adapter: * PCMCIA socket (with ejector) accepts: Type I: Flash/SRAM/ROM memory, Type II: Fax/modem/network, Type III: ATA mass storage * Complies with PCMCIA v.2.10 and JEIDA v.4.1 * 16-bit data bus * Features two PCMCIA drives * Programmable 8KB SMD-type boot Flash BIOS * Supports bootable function from linear Flash card, ATA hard disk drives, and SRAM cards * Busy status LED * Power requirement: +5V @ 70 mA	$50 eBay
	CPU: AMD K6-2/300 - Spare a friend gave me when he upgraded his box to a 550.	Free N/A
	Memory: two 32MB EDO 72Pin SIMMs from an old pentium box I had in the closet (I knew I was keeping that old crap around for a reason...) 64MB is plenty for this simple machine.	Free N/A
	Hard Drive: Maxtor 40GB EIDE 3.5" drive. This is not a special laptop hard drive - it's a regular old 3.5" drive - the same type used in regular desktop PCs.	$40 N/A
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