Text 21758, 50 rader
Skriven 2008-10-11 20:46:12 av Russell Tiedt (5:7105/1)
  Kommentar till text 21702 av Bob Seaborn (1:140/12)
Ärende: FidoNews 25:40 [02/05]: General Articles
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Hello Bob.

09 Oct 08 15:41, you wrote to me:

 BS>       That's one of the uses I do with mine, there's a few other
 BS> things that I needn't go into here.

 BS>       I have an OBDII interface that connects my Chev and my son's
 BS> Chev (both Blazers) computer interface to our laptops, primarily to
 BS> monitor what's going on, although I have 'tweaked' my vehicle's
 BS> computer a tad, to get better performance as well as better fuel
 BS> mileage.

Well here the idea is to set it so that they can get a wider "power band" ... 
, as in best feul/power ratio at 1000 rev, 1500 revs, 2000 revs etc.

 >> cheaper windows disks - R1200.00, if I can get an OEM copy, but
 >> that is difficult, here as I build all my own boxes ... , and I
 >> don't have the finacial means to buy all the parts, or a
 >> substantial amount of them at once, that the dealers would be
 >> willing to sell me a OEM version. So if I want
 >>
 >> another copy of winders, I have to payout, a wee bit less than a
 >> full months salary to buy another copy. :-((


 BS>       Have you checked the cost on ebay?  I've seen XP/pro go quite
 BS> cheap there.  Mind you, you probably have a better than average chance
 BS> of getting a counterfeit copy - a friend got some that way, the only
 BS> way *I* could tell the ones he got were phony was they all had the
 BS> same registration code, but other than that, the disks, packaging, and
 BS> holograms were perfect, had to be quality Chinese work.  :)


I am not a fan of "flea bay" ... , besides if I want "pirate copies" of just 
about anything, I ask my Step-Son's mates when they come and play LAN games on 
the network here, had a look at VISTA Ultimate that way, and frankly I am not 
impressed ...

Not the only area they are starting to produce quality goods in, the Chinese, 
that is ... , I am a "High End Hi-Fi" user and they have started producing 
some very good gear in this area, of late, especially the top end headphone 
amp arena ... , not that their other gear, power amps, pre-amps or CD players 
are anything to sneeze at anymore either ...


Russell

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