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  • Re: Vanagon computer
    Historical mailing list - jbange
    Sun, 16 Jan 2005 08:47:32 -0800
    At 09:48 PM 1/15/2005, you wrote: >I am looking for the guy that built a computer for his >Vanagon. I lost...
  • power in bus for a PC (little Vanagon)
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
    Sun, 28 May 2000 01:57:18 EDT
    ...But neither says you can run the computer off the cars power source--only that it charges the computer's battery. The inverter does...
  • 87 FI Computer wanted
    Historical mailing list - David Shepherdson
    Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:04:17 -0800
    Does anyone have a computer that would work for an 87 syncro that they would sell me? My computer went out 2 days ago...
  • Frydaye [NVC] Request Computer help for a cripple - ME!
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:37:01 -0500
    ...I cannot get my computer to recognize the printer. BTW - both computers now have Windows 7 beta. Any computer gurus out among the membership...
  • Re: power in bus for a PC (little Vanagon)
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Sun, 28 May 2000 09:51:14 -0700
    ...If your computer blows out while using a cheap inverter that is not recommended for use with specific computer model by your computer manufactured...
  • Humor (sort of): Movie computers
    Historical mailing list - Gregg Welker
    Thu, 25 Jan 1996 08:42:23 -0800 (PST)
    ...All computers are connected. You can access the information on the villain's desktop computer, even if it's turned off. Powerful computers beep...
  • Replacement computer
    Historical mailing list - jeremy bornstein
    Tue, 26 Nov 2002 06:19:27 -0800
    Greetings all! My mechanic tells me that the computer in my '86 Vanagon is for some reason failing to properly control the idle speed...
  • Small Diagnostic Computer
    Historical mailing list - Germain
    Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:02:38 -0400
    ...I am working on a small computer showing the status of all inputs coming from the injection sytem for a 86-91 Westy. (similar...
  • Re: Calling all V-gon List Computer Guru's
    Historical mailing list - Neal Barrentine
    Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:29:59 -0500
    ...when played >> on both the computer and my Phillips DVD/CD player >> >> I note that something on my computer is drawing up to 100...
  • Re: NVC Late Friday post Question on Migrating to New PC
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:46:51 -0800
    ...But my problem is not upgrading a computer OS but migrating my programs to a NEW computer. Old computer running XP, new computer running...
  • Re: Can we kill this?? --> Re: heads up on IE browser flaw
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:50:57 -0500
    On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, William wrote: > I like the computer related stuff and have learned a lot from this list > about how to...
  • Re: Computer Temp. Sending Unit
    Historical mailing list - westydriver
    Sun, 29 Sep 2002 19:42:20 -0600
    ...eventually they will be heated once too often. (way simplified), havent looked at the 84 computer diagram but in most VW from about 84...
  • Calling all V-gon List Computer Guru's
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:28:46 -0600
    ...when played on both the computer and my Phillips DVD/CD player I note that something on my computer is drawing up to 100...
  • Re: power in bus for a PC (little Vanagon)
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Sun, 28 May 2000 09:46:04 -0700
    ...Maybe to recharge the computer battery is all I really > need since then I could run it off the computer's battery. But it...
  • Yarrrgh!! Help - Computer Guru's needed again[NVC]
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sun, 10 Dec 2006 20:29:51 -0600
    My computers are driving me crazy!!! I have been using a little Compaq - 250mhz Cyrix, 125 mb memory, 8 gig HD. It works fine...
  • *very* high idle with new idle computer
    Historical mailing list - steve vitale
    Mon, 15 May 2006 13:23:07 -0400
    I replaced my bad idle stabilizer computer with one out of a subi conversion van. van now idles at 4000 rpm! i'm assuming...
  • [NVC] - Computer repaired - Was -- HELP - Calling Computer Gurus
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:26:03 -0600
    HEY EVERYBODY!! My thanks to all those Vanagoneer/Computer Guru types who hae tried to help me solve the problem I had with my...
  • Re: not much humor in viruses some info
    Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
    Thu, 5 Sep 2002 11:56:26 -0700
    ...I had to do all this stuff from work, and then fix all the computers that got infected. The computer that had the original...
  • Re: Vanagon computer
    Historical mailing list - Woodrose Dawn
    Sun, 16 Jan 2005 17:24:02 -0800
    ...it had a 7 inch TFT touchscreen, remote and the actual computer was housed in one of his Westy cabnets. I think I remember...
  • Re: Calling all V-gon List Computer Guru's
    Historical mailing list - David King
    Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:01:09 -0600
    ...when played >>>on both the computer and my Phillips DVD/CD player >>> >>>I note that something on my computer is drawing up to 100...
  • Friday computer game question
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:13:51 -0700
    I'm not a big time computer game person but I did enjoy "Doom 95". Nothing but shooting monsters. I tried a later day...
  • Re: 2.1 Engine idles at 2600 rpm; 2nd computer doesn't fix
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:37:03 -0500
    By "idle computer" you mean........? Slugs are traveling faster than my brain is running today.... John Rodgers 88 GZL Driver Tabe Johnson wrote: > To...
  • computer for '84 westy
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Utterback
    Tue, 2 Jan 2001 16:39:27 -0500
    Does anyone have a computer for a '84 westy for sale? Thanks, Matthew
  • Re: '87 won't idle
    Historical mailing list - DAVID MOST
    Fri, 24 Oct 1997 11:57:21 -0700
    I'm doing the tune up today, but the computer was reploced by the PO about 2 years ago. On Fri, 24 Oct 1997...
  • Re: Small Diagnostic Computer
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan
    Sun, 17 Apr 2005 23:25:18 -0700
    ...Small Diagnostic Computer Here is a summary of what I expect to show on my Westy computer. Computer is on when ECU is powered...
  • Re: [NVC] - Computer has been down for nigh on a week
    Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
    Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:00:49 -0900
    ...Evidently you must have a computer built by Volkswagon! :-) Mark in AK ----- Original Message ----- From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> Date: Saturday, March 25...
  • Re: Inverter/Aux Battery question
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 1 Aug 2011 09:40:44 -0400
    At 03:25 AM 8/1/2011, Daniel Rotblatt wrote: >You're right, computers can take 60-100 watts charging >power. That's about...
  • SoBig Virus update - it wasnt me!!
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 23 Aug 2003 03:37:19 EDT
    folks i just ran a virus check, my computer isnt infected, but the worm is using my name (as well as others) as the...
  • <No subject>
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 11 Sep 96 21:13:02 EDT
    Subject:Computer for sale...in need of 2nd VW Van hey now, i've found a nice vw '76 westy that is only $1600...
  • 71 Camper Curtain Question
    Historical mailing list - Edge
    Sun, 26 May 96 00:23:57 -0500
    ...edge@interramp.com http://www.computercreations.com/cci/ -- Jeff Keith President Computer Creations Inc. edge@interramp.com http://www.computercreations.com/cci/
  • Re: Small Diagnostic Computer
    Historical mailing list - Germain
    Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:29:16 -0400
    Here is a summary of what I expect to show on my Westy computer. Computer is on when ECU is powered Oxygen sensor reading...
  • FS: 85' Digijet computer, throttle body, basically everything off the engine
    Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
    Sat, 17 Feb 2001 22:01:36 -0500
    If anybody is interested I have a good working digijet computer and pretty much everything for a 1.9L engine. If anybody needs anything...
  • Re: Calling all V-gon List Computer Guru's
    Historical mailing list - neil
    Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:47:25 -0500
    --- Neal Barrentine <vwneal@BLUEMARBLE.NET> wrote: > John: > The BEST thing to do would be to get an Apple > computer. I agree. Especially since it...
  • Re: Re(2): Rough running when Hot
    Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
    Tue, 07 Jan 1997 16:57:25 -0800
    Charles, The problem with the air mass meter (not the original harness) is that it gives intermitten bad signals to the computer. After a...
  • Re: No start, dead computer!
    Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
    Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:54:24 -0400
    It may not be the computer but the connection to the computer. When you first install it, it's got a good connection because...
  • NVC - computer help neded
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:49:58 -0500
    Would some Vanagon List Computer Guru's please contact me off list. Thanks John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
  • Buying the ECU Chip- 10 of you want it?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Thu, 3 Aug 2000 08:10:47 EDT
    ...I have a computer business that takes credit cards and the chip is a "computer upgrade." Options are: 1) Buy the chip from the...
  • Re: Calling all V-gon List Computer Guru's
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:36:33 -0500
    ...when played > on both the computer and my Phillips DVD/CD player > > I note that something on my computer is drawing up to 100...
  • Re: 1984 Vanagon computer problem.
    Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
    Wed, 17 Feb 1999 21:46:08 -0600
    > Dear Vanagon Enthusiast: > > I am having a problem with the computer on my 1984 vanagon (Bosch 0 280 000 > 501). I would like to...
  • Idling problem at certain RPM in '84 --> Computer?
    Historical mailing list - Justin Gordon
    Mon, 4 Oct 1999 10:24:02 -0700
    How likely is it that a problem where the engine won't idle at a certain RPM is the engine's computer? I.e...
  • Re: Calling all V-gon List Computer Guru's
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:58:05 -0500
    ...when played > >> on both the computer and my Phillips DVD/CD player > >> > >> I note that something on my computer is drawing up to 100...
  • my computer is broken
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 28 Apr 2005 02:43:12 EDT
    ...i will be checking email sporadically from friend's computers and the public library.. if anyone has a new computer they would sell cheap...
  • vanagon won't start
    Historical mailing list - Michael J Vickey
    Tue, 22 Sep 1998 11:48:37 -0400
    My guess is that your Vanagon has a computer that has gone bad. There has been much discussion on this list about the computer...
  • Re: Calling all V-gon List Computer Guru's
    Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
    Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:46:53 -0800
    ...when played >>> on both the computer and my Phillips DVD/CD player >>> >>> I note that something on my computer is drawing up to 100...
  • Computerized Gauge Setup
    Historical mailing list - David M
    Thu, 4 Nov 1999 09:36:39 -0500
    I dont believe the palm type computers can be programmed. However, if I'm wrong, it would be possible to do what you say...
  • Re: Use of VW Dealers computer
    Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
    Mon, 8 Mar 2010 18:56:58 -0600
    As computers invade every corner of the world these microfiche readers will become less & less common. The local MB dealership no longer has one...
  • 1980 COmputer Part Number ?
    Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
    Thu, 2 Jan 1997 23:44:05 -0500 (EST)
    Only the list can answer this! I have a 1980 Vanagon Engine computer For Sale. The buyers part number on his, is not the...
  • Re: O2 sensor question
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 6 Jun 1997 18:11:25 PST
    ...It tells the engine computer how much O2 (oxygen) is left in the exhaust . With this information the computer can determine the best air...
  • GTI Swap
    Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
    Sun, 8 Aug 1999 09:06:08 -0500
    ...Can anyone tell me where the computer is located. Is the computer, engine, and wiring harness from computer to engine all that I need...
  • Re: Calling all V-gon List Computer Guru's
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:27:28 -0500
    http://www.computerhope.com/history/ also, don't forget that universities had access to all the latest computing methods.
  • 2.1 Engine idles at 2600 rpm; 2nd computer doesn't fix
    Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
    Mon, 17 Apr 2006 01:37:48 -0400
    ...Larry's AC thing is interesting -- it says that the idle computer is at least trying... I'm still wondering about the computer. There...
  • Re: "Car Computer" in your Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:33:21 -0500
    neil N wrote: > Are there any Vananauts running a "car computer" in their Vanagon? For the past 4 or 5 years I've been...
  • Re: NVC at all (computer question)
    Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
    Fri, 9 Jan 2009 09:37:18 -0800
    ...I'm running it on an older computer of mine, and it's great. I'll > probably add it to my laptop soon, because...
  • Re: Computerized Gauge Setup(someone already makes them)
    Historical mailing list - Tim McDermott
    Thu, 4 Nov 1999 05:23:46 -0800
    Gentlemen, Dakota Digital makes custom as well as standard computerized dash clusters. See http://www.dakotadigital.com Tim McDermott Bay Shore NY
  • Re: VIRUS ALERT
    Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
    Thu, 23 May 1996 13:25:10 -0700 (PDT)
    ...I come to the Vanagon list to GET AWAY FROM COMPUTERS! You > can only handle eating sleeping breating fixing troubleshooting > networking rebuilding computers for...
  • No start, dead computer!
    Historical mailing list - Thor Svenson
    Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:36:36 -0400
    ...Any ideas on what is killing the computer, anything to look for???? He's stumped, so am I. Thanks. Thor
  • V-gon Computer Guru's - HELP!
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sat, 3 Jul 2010 10:42:19 -0500
    I need a Computer Guru. Please contact off-list. Thanks -- John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL VW Bus Driver Chelsea, AL Http://www...
  • Fw: affordable small-size pentium 3 for $99
    Historical mailing list - samc
    Sat, 28 May 2005 17:50:07 -0400
    Recalling the recent back and forth notes re wireless "computering," I thought some Westy et. al. folks might be interested in this note that...
  • Re: [NVC] - Computer has been down for nigh on a week
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:56:43 -0600
    ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver x2 Mark Tuovinen wrote: >Welcome back John. > >Evidently you must have a computer built by Volkswagon! :-) > >Mark in AK...
  • Re: Easier battery jumping?
    Historical mailing list - westydriver
    Mon, 7 Oct 2002 19:04:17 -0600
    ...doesnt say to pull the computer though. jimt On Monday, Oct 7, 2002, at 18:54 America/Denver, David Brodbeck wrote: \ > What I have...