On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 21:13, Casey Roberts wrote: > I am looking at using thin clients in the future for > an idea involving media in a system for a car. It's > still being thought out, and I was exploring the > option of using mini-ITX systems and touchscreens for > the thin clients. If you guys have luck using the > mini-ITX setup, I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only > one interested in their use for thin clients. Please > let us know how it goes. Thank you! > > Casey
Just to clarify, "thin client" refers to a "dumb terminal", or machine where you control software locally, but it is actually running across the network on a powerful server. I believe you are thinking about a minimized computer for a car. You will find many webpages about homebrew car media players, but the largest hurdle you will hit is keeping hard drives from crashing with the constant vibration of a moving car. You may need to consider more expensive flash storage to hold your media. Avoid as many moving parts as possible and it probably wont break easily. Warren Togami [EMAIL PROTECTED]
