WTB: Old laptop to be used as scan tool

Saskatoon Subaru · Post by **Saskatoon Subaru** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:02 am

i'm looking for a old laptop to use for a scan tool, it needs to have a parallel port

thanks

internetautomart · Post by **internetautomart** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:18 pm

I got mine for free by posting a wanted ad on a mailing list I'm on.
I still haven't finished wiring the cord though

SubaruNation · Post by **SubaruNation** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:23 am

what does the laptop need to have to be used as the scan tooL?

stipro · Post by **stipro** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:53 am

^^^check this out

http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/~v/b10scan/

Saskatoon Subaru · Post by **Saskatoon Subaru** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:19 am

thanks but i just bought one on ebay for $12.00

TheSubaruJunkie · Post by **TheSubaruJunkie** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:30 am

Hey i was meaning to email you about this.

That laptop I told you i had, i forgot to tell you the battery doesnt work so it has to be plugged in at all times. I run it off of a AC/DC converter in my car.

Glad you found one though. $12 cant be beat.

Any laptop will work as long as it has a LPT port for VRG's scan tool. I run mine on a 486 33mhz and 16mb of ram. His tool runs in dos (and only dos) so pretty much anything will work.

SubaruNation · Post by **SubaruNation** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:05 am

yay my ghetto old laptop can do this!

.hmmmm research time.

i need all the stuff on vikash's page stiPro?

Saskatoon Subaru · Post by **Saskatoon Subaru** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:06 am

ya the laptop i bought has 233mhz and 64mb of ram, no hard drive but thats not needed for this, so should work.

SubaruNation · Post by **SubaruNation** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:11 am

Saskatoon Subaru wrote:ya the laptop i bought has 233mhz and 64mb of ram, no hard drive but thats not needed for this, so should work.

OH! you don't need a hard drive!? you just made my day!!

the HD i have is totaled, so this will work then!

Saskatoon Subaru · Post by **Saskatoon Subaru** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:53 am

yea from what i understand the program boots and runs from a cd-rom or floppy drive, so my computer knowledge would tell me no hard drive or operating system is needed, hope I'm not wrong.

SubaruNation · Post by **SubaruNation** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:24 am

where do i get the information to do the bootdisc?
&where can i download the iso/image?

TheSubaruJunkie · Post by **TheSubaruJunkie** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:30 am

Yeah you can run off a bootable ISO image.

This reminds me, i should do a write up of my install on my car and add it to my build thread.

SubaruNation · Post by **SubaruNation** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:21 pm

i'll be waiting

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WTB: Old laptop to be used as scan tool

WTB: Old laptop to be used as scan tool