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Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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laptop for dyno day??? megasquirt
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Sun, 29 June 2003 15:52
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Hiya guys,
unusual request, but..
i'm looking for someone to bring a laptop (any speed, not running NT and has a serial port) to show a few ppl how the Megasquirt works. just need to copy a few files on, and then click a few buttons 
i would bring my mighty P90, but it has no battery and i don't have a car adaptor 
if anyone has something suitable they could bring along that i could use for like 5 mins, would be grateful (buy ya a sanger on the day  )
Pm me.
Cya, Stewart
and also, if anyone is interested in having a look at the Megasquirt, let me know and we can organise a time on the day (depending on the above...)
[Updated on: Sun, 29 June 2003 15:53]
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Terrigal
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May 2002
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Re: laptop for dyno day??? megasquirt
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Sun, 29 June 2003 23:48
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Yeah mate I can bring mine along.. Only a P300 with XP but does the job. Has 2 batteries which gives it around 7 hours + life.
I'll hold you to the sanger!
Would also like to check out the megasquirt system.
Cheers
Joel
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Perth
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May 2002
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Re: laptop for dyno day??? megasquirt
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Mon, 30 June 2003 00:15
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Is running on XP going to cause problems because its based on NT?
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I supported Toymods
Location:
melbourne
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June 2002
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Re: laptop for dyno day??? megasquirt
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Mon, 30 June 2003 01:03
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in my infinite wisodom (ie not much) is say no, as it seems to run other old stuff fine.
a computer tech may elaborate further.
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Location:
Carlingford, Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: laptop for dyno day??? megasquirt
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Mon, 30 June 2003 01:28
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yeah it should be ok with XP
im keen to see a megasquirt as well
i should meet up with u some time oldcorolla
seeing that u live so close
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Terrigal
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May 2002
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Re: laptop for dyno day??? megasquirt
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Mon, 30 June 2003 01:36
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XP runs my DOS based Autronic software well.. I think NT just wasn't good with DOS based programs.
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Location:
Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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January 2003
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Re: laptop for dyno day??? megasquirt
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Mon, 30 June 2003 03:24
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| TurboRA28 wrote on Mon, 30 June 2003 09:48 |
Yeah mate I can bring mine along.. Only a P300 with XP but does the job. Has 2 batteries which gives it around 7 hours + life.
I'll hold you to the sanger!
Would also like to check out the megasquirt system.
Cheers
Joel
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awesome thanks Joel i'm pretty sure that it works on XP, but i will make sure before then.
i'll bring the tuning software along (CD or floppy?) but you can also download it from
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/megasquirt/fil es/MegaTune/
get the "megatune215.zip" it's about 240k in size.....
there's no install as such, just copy to a directory, or leave it zipped and we can do it on the day.
looking forward to showing ppl
thanks heaps!!
Cya, Stewart
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Rocky Mountains, Canada
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May 2002
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Re: laptop for dyno day??? megasquirt
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Mon, 30 June 2003 04:03
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Dont forget... the laptop WILL need a serial port.
I know a lot of newer laptops dont have them.
If it has no serial port, a USB->Serial converter will work fine.
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Terrigal
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May 2002
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Re: laptop for dyno day??? megasquirt
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Mon, 30 June 2003 05:55
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Yeah its got a serial port and I have a removable CDROM & FDD i'll bring both along!
Cheers
Joel
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Location:
Wollongong
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May 2002
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Re: laptop for dyno day??? megasquirt
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Mon, 30 June 2003 06:58
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Does XP allow direct access to hardware ?
Since it is based on NT, it may still have this limitation, and prevent MegaSquirt from working. Haven't used XP enough to know if it will work or not. Just something to keep in mind.
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Toymods Social Secretary
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Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: laptop for dyno day??? megasquirt
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Mon, 30 June 2003 13:28
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Just to be safe, ill bring along a backup laptop just in case yours doesnt work Joel.
I too am interested to see how the megasquirt goes, i have been rather intruiged by them and thought about using one myself. Especially with the looming ignition controller soon to be available!
Would like to see just how dificult tuning and using the software is.
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Sydney
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January 2003
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Re: laptop for dyno day??? megasquirt
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Mon, 30 June 2003 15:06
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Just remember that Windows XP & Windows 2000(SP2+) has a compatability mode, right click on the icon on the desktop(and it has to be a shortcut to the program from the desktop), goto compatability mode & Choose the "Windows 98 Compatabilty Layer". You should be right
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Parramatta
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July 2002
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Re: laptop for dyno day??? megasquirt
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Mon, 30 June 2003 22:50
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premmier have one there ask them for it i dont know if they will let u borrow it i know it has the prgrammes as follows
motec
ems
halteck
more i think not too sure about the others
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Location:
Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: laptop for dyno day??? megasquirt
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Tue, 01 July 2003 08:44
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thanks heaps for all your help and suggestions guys
i'm going to try tonight on an XP puta... i'll try and get copies of other EFI software for comparison, (if anyone has some, bring it along) i'd be very interested to see what the interface is like compared to commercial stuff.
looking forward to it
oh, if anyone has specs for other systems, bring that along too (and manuals if possible)...
Cya, Stewart
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