RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Got any old Dreamcast stuff sitting around?

["Ross, Matthew" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Now this sounds like a project for MLUG. Lets get an old streetcar, swap out its track wheels and axles with something a bit more sturdy and road-worthy, and stick a huge solar pannel array on the top, then use electrical motors to control the steering (which we'd have to add in anyway, since the tracks no longer guide), an electric lever to adjust the acceleration, and connect these to an LED array controller. The different parts of the array could be assigned to different driving options. Set this up with an 802.11b card and control it from your laptop. The ultimate remote control racer :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: George B. Robb III [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 12:28 PM
> To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion
> Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Got any old Dreamcast stuff sitting
> around?
> 
> 
> Rock on...   But...  I think it will be hard to find a 
> inverter to convert the 
> 240 volt 3 phase from the tracks...  especially at the 
> intersections when the 
> power blinks... 
> 
> Good luck geting a dream cast hooked up to that old beast....
> 
> 
> Seriously though take a look at embeded devices....
> http://linuxdevices.com/
> 
> Get one of those 4.7in^2 mother boards...  heck get a heads 
> up display and a 
> twilddler on the wheel or stick shift, patch directly into 
> the ALDL with a 
> home brew TLL converter and you are good to go...  You would 
> be a "borg" 
> car...
> 
> Just don't crash the kernel while on the interstate..  
> Diesels don't take 
> kindly to stalled cars...
> 
> 
> On Friday 03 October 2003 12:08, Spurling, Shannon wrote:
> > You race street cars?
> > www.clpgh.org/locations/sheraden/images/streetcar.jpg
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: the_masked_lotus [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 11:30 AM
> > To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > Subject: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Got any old Dreamcast stuff 
> sitting around?
> >
> > Hello,
> > I am Thom Bradley a MU csce student at MU.  I am also, a 
> linux geek, and
> > a street car racer.  Anyway, I am working on a program to 
> turn a sega
> > dreamcast, with linux DC of course, into an onboard computer for my
> > car.  But, I am having trouble finding any old dreamcast 
> equipment to
> > experiment with. If you have any sitting around that you 
> are willing to
> > get rid, anything consuls, peripherals, or even old games of please
> > email.
> >
> > Thanks
> > MFCL
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> George B. Robb III
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