Laptop for DFI ?
08-09-2003, 01:29 PM
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Car: 92 Camaro RS
Engine: 305 TBI
Transmission: T-5
Laptop for DFI ?
I just picked up a new in the box Holley Commander 950-700 cfm 4bbl TBI system for $800. A guy down the street had it and needed the money bad, anyway I was looking on E-bay for a cheap laptop to program it with and just wanted some advice on what was a good rugged one that can be left in the heat of the car and bounced around on the seat and such. Any suggestions? Is a slow 486 or P1 just as good as a faster P2 for programming?
08-09-2003, 04:27 PM
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there's 2 good approach for this:
- buy a crap low end pentium for cheap. hope it has a good batteries, coz replacing those won't be feasible.
- buy a good one. 6 months to 1 year old. there's a tv-output and the most important thing, those still have com and printer ports. the ports are the must if you're going to do any serious tuning with the laptop.
- buy a crap low end pentium for cheap. hope it has a good batteries, coz replacing those won't be feasible.
- buy a good one. 6 months to 1 year old. there's a tv-output and the most important thing, those still have com and printer ports. the ports are the must if you're going to do any serious tuning with the laptop.
08-10-2003, 06:23 AM
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Car: 92 Camaro RS
Engine: 305 TBI
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Just bought an old Panasonic CF-25 ToughBook, has a P1 133-CD,FD, it's built to military specs (MIL-STD-810E), just saw a video of it being dropped on concrete from 4 feet and then run over by a Humvee, coffee poured on the keyboard, and it still worked!!
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