wow, that's super generous of you Jon. I really appreciate it. Make no mistake though, my lack of technological doodads comes solely from my extreme cheapness. Actually if I weren't so meticulous with my tuning, and I didn't have the loop to drive while testing that I do I would have an ostrich already. Heck, I'll be bringing my pocket digital oscilloscope to SDAC!Originally Posted by minigts
While I can appreciate doing things frugally, I'm not sure what the purpose and desire is with continuing to work with older technologies just because you can. I don't think everyone, myself included, should move to stand alone systems, but there is enough momentum and cost effectiveness to move to newer technologies that save time in the long run and still be cost effective.
I am fortunate to have a laptop that I need for work capable of doing what I need to do from a tuning perspective, but even if I didn't need it for work I would have to look into getting something that supports USB or go to a system like the Ostrich just for the sake of saving some time and simplify things. Having multiple cars is a caveat and if you don't plan on changing things regularly, that makes sense. But you know me Cordes, I like clean, compact and simple and older laptops that support parallel ports, parallel cables and pulling chips regularly to burn a call doesn't remotely compare to plugging a USB cable in, making changes and hitting enter.
BTW, I have a laptop in my room I'll bring to SDAC you can have. I believe it has a parallel port. Even as much as I discourage your efforts to work with a stone tablet and chisel, I will gladly hand you the hammer with which you use to etch code into a chip.
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If you still want it, I'll bring it. It's just sitting in my room collecting dust and taking up space. Can't sell ones like these.
