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Ancient Laptop Is the Only Key to Most Valuable Supercars on the Planet(2016)
- reustle 8y agoAll you really want to know is at the very end of the article > “The reason we need those specific Compaq laptops is that they run a bespoke CA card which installs into them,” a fellow from MSO told me. “The CA card is an interface between the laptop software (which is DOS based) and the car.” > He added: “We are currently working on a new interface which will be compatible with modern laptops as they old Compaqs are getting less and less reliable and harder to find.”
- smartbit 8y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11604922 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11604922