I’ve just release v1.0-RC4 of my BBC Backstage RSS ticker. Thanks to some great feedback from people I’ve been able to add numerous features which have resulted in a new release. The project is now on freshmeat and it’s nice to get some hits for it and to know that at least a few people are using it.
You can find out more about the ticker here
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Add comment October 31st, 2005
So I’ve just bought a new inside for my computer. AMD64, aBit Fatality nForce4 Mobo with non-fan cooling, 2×250GB Maxtor SATA drives and a Nvidia 6600 GT Graphics card. I love it. Have to mention though that Windows XP 64-bit Edition is useless. Driver issues, application slow-down - the whole thing seemed to crawl and the kit is reasonably good.
Now I have my old machine spare (2×80GIG Seagate SATA, AMD Athlon 2800 and MSI ILSR-Delta with 5700 Nvidia) and I’m pretty sure Im going to make this my work machine. Im fed up of using an old Fujitsu pile which runs like a mum on sports day. Luckily I am able to do this without issue and I think I will be a lot happier being able to work within an enivornment which is responsive - hey I’m a programmer.
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I’ve just bought the final piece to my puzzle. I’ve been wanting to install a car-puter for a year or so now and I’ve just recently made the purchase which makes it all possible.
Let me introduce the Lilliput 7″ Touchscreen TFT. It’s lovely, the first one I got was broken but this one is working a treat. I’ve hooked up a MicroATX MSI board running a P4 2.54Ghz with 1GB RAM and the usual stuff. It looks sweet and with the Navigator software I’ve got I am sure its going to be a lot of fun.
My main worry is obviosuly installing the beast. I may end up buying the 12v -> Motherboard convertor as I’ve currently got a 240V 300WAT invertor which is kind of scary - cars arnt supposed to have 240v streaming around. Either way I’ve run a test and the system works fine. The GPS reciever is great (and magnetic) so it is now a question of a perm. install.
I will keep this post updated as I do more.
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If you dont have a 2.5 inch drive enclosure then I’m afraid you’re falling behind. The size of a wallet and holding 80gigs, its awesome.
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