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Old 12-13-2002, 11:42 AM
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It's true! You can get a deisel powered computer! I purchased one off ebay! It arrived this morning! It's great! Ill post a pic as soon as i get it out of the box and setup!

Here are the specs:

Engine: Ford 8 Cylinder 215hp Deisel
Fuel Tank Capacity:18 gallons
Processor: AMD Athlon XP 1800+
*Ram: Kingston 512m DDR
*CD-RW: HP CD-RW plus! 10x6x32
*DVD: Benq DVD 16x48
*HDD: 60g Western Digital EIDE
*HDD: 40g Maxtor EIDE
Motherboard: modified Biostar mainboard
Cooling system: Water-cooled/radiator w/ fans
*Sound Card: Soundblaster Live! 5.1 Dolby digital surround sound
*Video I/O Device: Canopus DV Storm SE
*O/S: Windows 2000 Pro
*Monitor: IBM G54
*Keyboard: Keyboard to an old Sony Vaio
*Mouse: Microsoft Optical Intellimouse Explorer
Case: Big ol' thing with the engine sticking out the back

*not part of the package that i bought, just stuff i already had

anyway, i get a pic up as soon as i can...
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Old 12-13-2002, 04:42 PM
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ok, you post the ebay item number so we can see it on ebay, and i'll believe you.

until then

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Old 12-13-2002, 05:45 PM
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lol

do you need to do emission testing in order to buy the insurance for that comp???

AirCare?

lol

ur room must be filled up with Carbon monoxide eh?
do you wear a mask w/ filter while surfing on the net?
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Old 12-13-2002, 06:21 PM
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What is the point? I am not sure I see one. If it is for portability, I would really steer clear of that Ford engine, or any other American engine (although I drive a Ford...) and stick with a much smaller more efficient Euro engine. Concept is interesting.
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Old 12-14-2002, 12:46 AM
 
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Bah...he needs more HP! Find an old Chevy 350 or Pontiac 400. Get some major HP to that beast!
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Old 12-16-2002, 10:09 AM
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Old 12-16-2002, 10:53 AM
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So how are we gonna benchmark the thing, Mhz per gallon?

i can't wait to C the thang show us the pix.
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Old 12-23-2002, 09:09 PM
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Default i really wanna seee it!!!!!!

yes must see pics
please let us seee em!
cmon!
NOW!!! ASSHOLE no just kidding
ME>>>>> > <<<<<me
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Old 02-25-2003, 01:25 PM
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So what'z the mileage on this bad boy?
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Old 02-28-2003, 11:52 AM
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i'm still waiting...where's the picz!
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