windows mobile 6 on old pc possible?

[jefem24]

thinking about making a car pc out of an old small form factor computer. Since the roms code is small I was wondering if it can be done? If anoyne knows or has tried this id love to hear about it. Also if you know of any other versions of windows that might be appropriate for a car pc needs to work with bt audio sincd my head unit accepts a2dp. and able to run tomtom.

[Rudegar]

if you could use an emulator
but not sure if tomtom would work on an emulator
with gps

problem is that an os is binary code as in written to a surden
cpu
and cpu's in pc's speak a whole different "language" then the arm cpu's in our pocketpc's

of cause if wm is really running on Athena's x86(pc cpu)
then maybe

but ms dont really added support for other cpu types in a long time

they cut support really alpha cpu's from digital got removed with windows nt3.5
and mips and the other type got the axe with pocketpc2000

[wywywywy]

TomTom can work in an emulator, I tried it in my car PC. But it is not as nice as running, say, Destinator 6 directly in Windows.

Windows XP is actually your best bet - I have it (modded using nLite) running on a VIA EPIA 10000k and its performance is reasonable.

If you want to know more about car PCs, have a look at http://www.mp3car.com or if you are in the UK then http://www.digital-car.co.uk
You will of course find much more information there than here.

[ZSX]

I'm not sure this will help, but here is some information on running Windows CE (and Windows Mobile 5) off a USB key. Most of it hinges on using the free Microsoft Device Emulator. Tweaking it to run on your PC directly shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Also I commend you on recycling an old computer rather than buying a new one!

Edit: Oops! After all that I forgot to add the link!

Here it is:
http://www.furrygoat.com/2005/09/portable_ce_20.html