> > Andrew wrote: > > Anyone else on list other than Chris H, David M, Nick R whom are geek in > > action by adding home-grown mods to their respective systems. > > Dave Mann made an adapter for an XT power supply I had, to provide the > 5V Power-Tastes-Good signal for a 386 motherboard. That was in about > 1995 or 96 > >
I am a bit of a hardware hacker. The last thing I built was an MP3 player for the car. I built a 12V switch mode PSU. based on a design by Bob Blick to power the PC, built a box from sheet metal, and built an LCD/keypad terminal using a PIC to go in the dash. The PIC also monitored the ignition line and controlled the PSU startup and shutdown. The PC ran Linux, of course. Biggest problem is finding the time to hack... Andy PS I just moved to CHCH, nice to meet you all.
