Tom Jennings on History channel

At 03:32 PM 6/13/2005, you wrote: Zemco Compucruise! I put one in my 1996 Mustang Grande circa 1980. It was so futuristic. After the Mustang I got a Javelin. I kept it long after the car passed on and eventually gave the Compucruise and its sensors in 1996 to Dale Luck of Amiga graphics fame for one of his restorations. It was an early car computer kit. I remember epoxy-ing magnets to the drive shaft to monitor speed, a pair of temperature sensors, an inline optical gas consumption sensor, a brake switch, and a vacuum-driven bladder connected to the throttle. It could do cool stuff like real-time MPG, estimated time of arrival, and a cruise control that would accelerate to a preset speed on its own. The Compucruise's cruise control once lost its feedback (and/or brake shut-off, I forget) while driving the interstate and it happily floored the gas pedal until I reached under the dash to disconnect its power. My passenger was horrified. This list spoke of Compucruise in June 2002: http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2002-June/thread.html#2484 - John