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I am looking for a very cheap laptop

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  1. mk e

    mk e F1 World Champ

    Oct 31, 2003
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    I am looking for a very cheap laptop, the kind I can leave on the seat of the car and need to tape money to it if I wanted it stolen. I’m upgrading the ECU in my car. The old ECU programming software was DOS based and ran perfect on a 386 (no need to worry about that being stolen), but in the latest software version they’ve gone windows. It will run on a 233, but prefers a 400, win95 or better. Anybody got one they want out of their closest??
     
  2. BigTex

    BigTex Seven Time F1 World Champ
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    I can occaissionally get prototype HPs. No serial numbers, no warranty.

    Around $500 for what will be a retail $2400.00 box. I gave the last one to my daughter for playing SIMMs. Take it to PM if interested.
     
  3. Forza1

    Forza1 Formula Junior

    Mar 20, 2004
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    Mike,

    Just curious, is this for an F-Car? If so, shoot me a PM.


    -DC
     
  4. mk e

    mk e F1 World Champ

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    DC, It's for a supercharged 308, you have mail
     
  5. mk e

    mk e F1 World Champ

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    Here's a pic of the engine, it's a supercharged 308QV with 22 psi of boost making about 600 hp. I had a haltech E6k ECU, but was really pushing it to the limit, well past the limit actually, it just couldn't fire fuel injector big enough at this boost level. I just got a great deal an haltech E11 which has plenty of power for the injectors and a lot of other nice-to-haves...but I can't talk to it to do the tuning without a little better laptop. I don't have any real use for a laptop other than this and this software only wants 4mb of ram and 10 mb of disc space...it's a pretty basic program. Honestly the last version ran perfect on a 386, no waiting for anything. It just seems like such a waste to go buy a new one since anything in the store is about 100+ times more than I need...I don't even need a working battery since I can plug into the lighter (i have a 110v inverter too). I just thought it was worth asking if anybody had an old machine they wanted to dump before going out and buying something I don't really need.
     
  6. cohiba_man

    cohiba_man Formula Junior

    Jan 23, 2003
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    Speedy308 you have PM
     

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