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Re: Palm Pilot as temp probe, (was GEEZ SW)

To: Lindsay Wilson <lwilson1@ford.com>,
Subject: Re: Palm Pilot as temp probe, (was GEEZ SW)
From: Dick Rasmussen <rasmussend@mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 20:16:16 -0400
At 05:19 PM 4/29/99 -0400, Lindsay Wilson wrote:
>Speaking of Palm Pilots, while I was at the BFG Spec. Racer Ford tire testing
>at Roebling Road, the BFG engineers used Palm Pilots to record ALL the data
>they take.  They had the temp probe interfaced to the Palm Pilot and would
>take the tire temps in a specified order.  The temps were auto stored in the
>Palm Pilot.  The BFG engineer didn't seem to want to tell me much about the
>system when I asked, but he did say that they used 'public' program which
>one of their guys had modified.  
>
>Besides taking the temps., they could also input tire pressures with
notations,
>and the drivers comments about the tires.

Autocross.com has a link to a story about this. 

Dick Rasmussen
CM 85
85 Van Diemen RF-85 Formula Ford


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