Msg: 1771 *Conference*
03-03-92 12:20:45
From: PETER COHEN
To : RICHARD HANSON
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #1726 (REPLY TO MSG# 7098 (TAPES))
I was watching F1 racing last weekend, and I noticed that the dashboards on these cars have big LCD displays. It looks like the displays are mainly counting revs, fuel, stuff like that. It's set up in a really clearly legible horizontal bar display, sort of like the way the Vector W-2 looks. That could be handy for any car. Admittedly, many cars have trip computers already built in, but I'd love one that could sense when I open the gas tank, figure out how much I put in and at what mileage, etc...not only keep real-time info and basic computations, but also log info... Fiberoptic, though? Seems like sort of a waste of money. What's to gain? Signal loss is minimal when you're talking about a couple of hundred feet of wire, and electronic sensors.