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Old Jul 23, 2002 | 04:54 AM
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Question I know nothing about scanning. Help me out.

It's been raining lots, and I think my optishyte got wet and is on the way out. It was suggested I get some kind of scanner to see what the SES light is all about (it went off since then but it is evil). Do I need a cheap laptop (don't have one) or is there some kind of Nintendo Gameboy-like device that does the scanning, and how much does all this cost? I have LT1 Edit but I don't actually have LT1 Edit. By the way, if you see this post Andrew, gimme an E-mail. Any help will get you an autographed picture of me.

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Old Aug 5, 2002 | 03:14 PM
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Old Aug 5, 2002 | 05:48 PM
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You can use a desktop if you can get it close enough to the car for reading DTC's. A laptop is needed if you are going to log data while driving. I use http://www.autotap.com/. The DOS version works the best for me.
HTH
Kenny

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