[SPARCbook] Car

[Jeff]

I already emailed them about this, and they don't sell it anymore.  Boo.  That's
cool about the cell phone, you don't have to use the same brand card as your phone
right?  When Ross Pennington sold me mine, it came with a modem (I forget the
name) that is cell phone capable.. it should work I think.
Does anyone know of a good adapter that will allow me to take the cigarette
lighter and go to a normal wall jack?  I've seen these, but I don't know how clean
the power is, and if it's the right voltage and all.

Jeff

>
> Tadpole sells or at least sold a lighter adapter/regulator.  It works
> well, and like the SPARCBook3, is in my opinion very well built.
>
> > How much shock can the disk take?  I want to get one of those things
> > (don't know what to call it) that cops have to mount their laptops on,
>
> I can't answer that question.
>
> > and put it in my car.  Also, has anyone used their sparcbook with a cell
> > phone?  How does that work?  Does the modem dial the number, or do you
> > have to manually do it?
>
> I use my SPARCBook with a Motorola Mariner (or Montana?) modem,
> and a special cellphone cable to a Motorola cellphone.  I just send
> an ATDT and the phone number, and it dials and does everything it needs
> to itself.  You may have some problems finding these modems though, since
> Motorola doesn't make this model modem any more, and of course it depends
> on what kind of cellphone you have as well as the modem and cable.
>
> -Mark
>
> --
> Mark G. Thomas (Mark at Misty.com -- http://www.misty.com/)