re: How do you put a computer to use?
Sorry Rob, I'm no good for you on this, however since were on the topic of wish lists, I would really like my Palm Pilot to plug into my car's serial port similar to this but have it check the mileage in real time and based on the mileage tell me when its time to rotate tires, change oil, general maintenance etc. I'm lousy at remembering to do those things on 2 different cars.
As far as I know you can't get mileage across the serial port connection. :(
Still, this would be a sweet setup:
-Steve G.