Mustang Sally's Computer and Some of her Electronics
The computer helps navigate and tell the auto pilot where to steers
the boat. It displays the radar and charts, keeps track of
stores, finances pictures and other stuff.
It also keeps Rae amused as he tries to maintain Internet connections at
sea.
We have a backup notebook and a backup chart plotter. Two backup
hard drives and two backup GPS'es and a sextant.
The computer is tucked out of site and weather in a
cabinet under the navigation station.
I added a fan to circulate air, but at least in this temperate
climate there is no tendancy to overheating and the fan is just extra
noise. That will change in the tropics.
The computer is an off the shelf Dell Optiplex 280 SX 2 gig, maxi
mega, zingo zappo, amp sucking, licketty split
machine.
We needed an extra electrical panel to feed and fuse all the new
gadgets.
And a gadget to keep track of all the juice the other
gadgets are drinking.
