On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 10:32:54PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 09:31:57PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 08:57:27PM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote: > > > On (12/03/07 16:10), Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 03:44:46PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > > > I'm going to be travelling in semi-wilderness and would like to take a > > > > > computer with me. Primarily for note-taking with vim, and when a > > > > > > > > Will you be travelling by vehicle (or by horse or otherwise mounted) or > > > > will you be on foot and having to carry everything yourself? > > > > > Traveling by car through semi-wilderness but not staying there > overnight. That would be camping an a whole other kettle of fish.
using it in a car or storing it there is not a consideration.
> By
> semi wilderness I mean Northern Ontario, logging roads, no cell
> coverage,
Not an issue as long as you dont need 'on-the-road' net.
> no or poor pavement, a couple of hours away from the nearest
> town or village.
Power is a consideration. You need power that will not jump around
--regulated. maybe a 12v battery with a way to convert to the needed ac
or dc. IIRC some micro-atx or similar use dc power bricks.
> I just came back from 3 weeks. -40 C plus windchill.
This temerature is an issue if a computer (or more to the point an LCD)
where to be exposed for a reasonbly long time. I'd have to check the
toughbook specs to see where they work. I dont see using a CRT as they
are too heavy, big and use too much power. Unless you want a 9" green
screen?
> I suppose its only semi-wilderness as long as the car is running :-)
>
> Since its by car, weight isn't a real issue but size is to some extent.
> I want a case somewhat smaller than a typical desktop box, and with
> everyting integrated it doesn't need expansion cards. Something along
> the lines of a 1U server (pizza box) only closer to a laptop in
> footprint so it fits in a briefcase-size Pelican.
>
> Need it in an airtight case to prevent condensation when I bring it
> indoors at the end of the day at the motel, hense the Pelican case.
> After it warms up I could check email.
Condensation is the most pressing. A ruggedized laptop might address
this.
>
> I've had two laptops. Once clone died when my house got hit by
> lightening while I was using it.
I would guess that the laptop was connected to a phone line or power
line. You'd need some protection for the telephone line even in the
city. And you should almost use a UPS to guard aginst power spikes and
power loss.
> I figure induction from the current in
> the metal roof fried the display. The ThinkPad fried itself when the tent
> I was in got hit by lightning. If they hadn't been laptops, I may have
> been able to replace individual components (e.g. screen or power
> supply) simply.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Doug.
toughbook ->phone surge protector->phone
-> regulated power->power
or
shuttle pc ->phone surge protector->phone
->converter->12v battery
lcd monitor->converter->12 v battery
-K
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