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Quote (Caspar_s @ April 20 2005,17:25)

Sounds something like this... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymot....3494713 High Tech 2000 Winnebago Adventurer 37' w/ Network Gear Oh, and that wireless caravan sounds cool.  Hmmm, I already have the mini-itx... Oh wait, I don't have a car

I'm doing mine on the cheap, but it's not as extensive as that rig.  I still have a bedroom and bathroom.  Wehn it was all said and done, I bought my truck for $6000 and the trailer for $9000 including all fees, taxes, loan fees, etc.  That (unfortunately) includes my commuter vehicle (for another 54 days).  Great way to become a first-time homeowner. ;)

The rig on ebay is probably worth at least $30k for a gutted motorhome.  I didn't see anything about water tanks, but anything extra (bed, bath, kitchen) can always be installed.

You could have a new home and vehicle! ;)

Quote (AwPhuch @ April 20 2005,18:13)

Quote (Caspar_s @ April 20 2005,17:25) Sounds something like this... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymot....3494713 High Tech 2000 Winnebago Adventurer 37' w/ Network Gear Oh, and that wireless caravan sounds cool.  Hmmm, I already have the mini-itx... Oh wait, I don't have a car Wow!! Rolling Internet Cafe there! SCHWEET! Brian AwPhuch

This rig has the terminals removed, you could install them in a tent outside.  Using DSL on small recycled PCs (yeah, monitors are an issue, but with those 2 generators...)  I'm considering the same kind of thing, but I'd probably use solar panels and batteries instead of generators.

In other news, I got my usb gps today, and although I haven't dug into it, DSL is "missing kernel or user mode driver pl2303".  Will investigate further in the next couple days.

Jeff
acgypsy

Quote (DeeJay @ April 21 2005,03:30)

Quote (acgypsy @ April 20 2005,20:06) I got my usb gps today, and although I haven't dug into it, DSL is "missing kernel or user mode driver pl2303".  Will investigate further in the next couple days. Maybe I can point you towards the right direction, although I don't have a complete answer. A Prolific PL2303 is a USB-to-Serial bridge. (It means that your GPS device actually talks asynchronous serial, not USB, and the pl2303 does the translation on-the-fly.) The Prolific Tech Support site (http://tech.prolific.com.tw) does have a linux driver, although it is noted as being for RedHat. (I can't give you a direct URL, the material on the site is obscured behind .asp interfaces: you have to 'drill down'  from the landing page.) On the Linux-USB site at http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdev.php?id=547 there is a note that says "As of kernel version 2.4.18, this device seems to be supported." Hope that helps - I have a GPSr that needs a similar driver - it works OK with that other commercial OS, but I've never tried to get it running under any flavour of linux. DeeJay

I was able to check out the site at work once, but didn't grab the file(s).  Now the site seems to have disappeared

Onward!

Jeff