Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[soulreapersteve]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

That's awesome. Doesn't it feel good to get it out of the way?

Yeah, and it does help that I got a 150 dollar discount for paying a lump sum.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by jawn

Dunno. It's my boss's old project car, so I need to swing by his house and check it out, and get my negotiating pants on.

Oh, that could be touchy ......


humfrz

[themadscientist]

Better show off your ass nicely, you get better price!

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

That is very much like the computer that I did my high school "computer sciences" on. Was 50 minutes a day of learning how to punch cards and feed them in.
Would love to know how the computing power of our car's ECU stacks up to one of those babies? Anybody?

I'd say the old school stuff wouldn't stack up very well based on the chart at the end of this that compares cell phones to previous computing power (for example the iPhone 4 has 2.7 times the processing power of the 1985 Cray2 Supercomputer.

This is the manual for the microprocessor (ECU) that was involved in the Toyota "unexpected acceleration" case which is the only one I could find any details on.

It's a 32-bit risc processor with 64MB of program address space, and 4GB linear address space. Of course, this one is 10 years old at this point.

One article I read also point to the Freescale MC9S12XDP512 as a pretty common processing unit for current day ECUs. It's a 16-bit, 40Mhz main processor with a 80Mhz coprocessor, 32KB of ram, 512KB of Flash and 90 I/O pins.

Phones vs "old school" computers..

[soulreapersteve]

[Ashikabi]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

Get your anatomically correct doll ordered yet?

[soulreapersteve]

Originally Posted by Ashikabi

Get your anatomically correct doll ordered yet?

Negative.


The most recent paycheck is going toward opening a retirement account. Been wanting to start that since January but unable to due to trying to nuke the car loan.

[Ashikabi]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

Negative.


The most recent paycheck is going toward opening a retirement account. Been wanting to start that since January but unable to due to trying to nuke the car loan.

Note he didn't say he wasn't going to, just "not this paycheck"... It's ok Steve, we won't judge you much. Better a doll you pay for once than some emotionally abusive ****

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I'd say the old school stuff wouldn't stack up very well based on the chart at the end of this that compares cell phones to previous computing power (for example the iPhone 4 has 2.7 times the processing power of the 1985 Cray2 Supercomputer.

This is the manual for the microprocessor (ECU) that was involved in the Toyota "unexpected acceleration" case which is the only one I could find any details on.

It's a 32-bit risc processor with 64MB of program address space, and 4GB linear address space. Of course, this one is 10 years old at this point.

One article I read also point to the Freescale MC9S12XDP512 as a pretty common processing unit for current day ECUs. It's a 16-bit, 40Mhz main processor with a 80Mhz coprocessor, 32KB of ram, 512KB of Flash and 90 I/O pins.

Phones vs "old school" computers..

Well there we have it then

Apparently my cats are also computers since they have at least 10,00 FLOPS to each of them.

[Ashikabi]

Awful quiet in here today

[jawn]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Oh, that could be touchy ......


humfrz

Yeah, I'm a little concerned. He's either going to want way too much for it, or it's going to be the deal of the century. BMWs of that vintage can command a wide range of prices.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ashikabi

Awful quiet in here today

I am on a 4 day weekend so won't be here much.

[AznKirby]

Colebro I'll give you 5$ for your exhaust

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by AznKirby

Colebro I'll give you 5$ for your exhaust

Which one?