[tcb] Re: Laptop (New thread from the electricity bit)
- From: "jumpinjoe" <jumpinjoe@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 05:43:08 -0500
I always know where I'm going, I just don't know how to get
there. :)
http://www.jumpinjoebarnett.com
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:17:17 -0700 (PDT)
>It's much more of an adventure if you don't know where your
going. ask Joe.
>
>
>Dan Martin <danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>We use our laptop and Magellan GPS in our bus. I got this table
from
>Bus Depot:
>
>http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=A6770W
>
>I have not mounted the table yet. We did some "test runs" and the
>movement of the bus and vibration were more of a factor than I
had
>expected. I also discovered that the screen will not get bright
>enough to see well with it mounted so high in the bus. I saw a
>picture of a bus with the dash cut (shudder) and a smaller laptop
>than mine mounted IN the dash where the radio and speaker were
>mounted. It also had a visor mounted on the screen. We found that
>having Katrina hold it in her lap was the best place, she could
tilt
>the screen so she could see the screen well and cradle the whole
>thing enough to not have the screen flapping around. It really
does
>shake allot when on anything solid. I have not come up with any
>better semi permanent place to mount it. I think if I was alone I
>would just set it on the seat and cover it with a towel.
>
>On Jun 22, 2005, at 1:43 AM, Gerald V. Livingston II wrote:
>
>> Speaking of laptops. If I actually get the Rivi running I need
to
>> figure
>> out a front mount for the laptop so I can watch movies while I
drive.
>>
>> No, really. I bought a GPS receiver off of Ebay and it is
REALLY
>> cool used
>> with M$ Streets and Trips. Kept my 9 year old niece quite
>> entertained on
>> that last trip to Alabama. It would be really nice to have it
up
>> where I
>> could see it and reach the touchpad from the driver's seat.
>>
>> The USB GPS was about $50 on Ebay (search for "Holux") and I
like
>> the 15"
>> laptop screen much better than any of the handheld units I've
seen.
>>
>> I need more dash space. The laptop GPS got me thinking about
stuff
>> like 3
>> 5" LCD monitors side-by-side hooked up to rear/side view
cameras as
>> well.
>>
>> Mmmmmm ----- TOYS!
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>> On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 20:53:13 -0500 Dan Martin
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> fan, laptop,cooler,phone charger..........
>>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 21, 2005, at 7:55 PM, Denis Dodson wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> So you guys get extra amps! How are you going to use them?
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
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