Very cheap ultimate tuning laptop
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Very cheap ultimate tuning laptop
Fry's has new (not refurbed) Eee 900As on sale for $179. This is the 9" display model with 4G SSD and 512MB. Not a barn-burner, but more than enough for your ECU tuning software.
Edit: forgot the link: http://www.frys.com/product/5947064
Edit: forgot the link: http://www.frys.com/product/5947064
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However, just buy any USB adapter that uses the GUC232A chipset and there will be no fail. If you can manage to make one of those screw up, then you're a retard and it is probably dangerous for you to be using a computer.
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that's an IOGear part number is what google tells me. I believe I have one of those at home in the miscellaneous hardware archive.
I find that the adaptronic is very finicky. I have to turn off my FIFO buffers to get it to update the firmware properly for example.
the GUC232A used to bluescreen my laptop when datalogging/autotuning with the hydra.
my retardation notwithstanding, the Quatech SSPR-100 has been flawless aside from the FIFO buffer issue mentioned above, but that's a minor and rare issue.
I find that the adaptronic is very finicky. I have to turn off my FIFO buffers to get it to update the firmware properly for example.
the GUC232A used to bluescreen my laptop when datalogging/autotuning with the hydra.
my retardation notwithstanding, the Quatech SSPR-100 has been flawless aside from the FIFO buffer issue mentioned above, but that's a minor and rare issue.
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I've seen FTDI adapters that worked perfectly well on other laptops fail on my BRAND NEW, formatted by me laptop. I'm not even going to bother talking about Pr****ic. On the other hand, my Oxford-chipset dual serial PCMCIA card hasn't failed me once.
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Or you could get one of these:
Acer Aspire AS5515 Refurbished Notebook Computer - AMD Athlon 2650e 1.6GHz, 3GB DDR2, 160GB HDD, DVDRW, 15.4" WXGA , Vista Home Basic RB-L-LX.AZN0Y.002 at CircuitCity.com
3 gig ram, 160 gig hd, 15.4inch screen. $299 with free shipping.
Acer Aspire AS5515 Refurbished Notebook Computer - AMD Athlon 2650e 1.6GHz, 3GB DDR2, 160GB HDD, DVDRW, 15.4" WXGA , Vista Home Basic RB-L-LX.AZN0Y.002 at CircuitCity.com
3 gig ram, 160 gig hd, 15.4inch screen. $299 with free shipping.
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