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Hi Beastie,
Yeah, how dare you hijack this thread?!?
(Just kidding!!)
OK, all kidding aside, we're really most familiar with OBD-II packages as that's what the vast majority of vehicles we do these days are, so I don't have detailed knowledge of what's available for OBD-I aftermarket diagnostic software along the lines of something like Autotap.
The easiest thing to do is just go hit a couple of search engines and search on "OBD-II diagnostic," and then check out each tool/setup/package for any OBD-I capabilities as well; then you'd have the most versatile tool. There have been a couple we've come across that I remember seeing mention OBD-I capabilities, but I can't remember them off the top of my head at the moment. Just do a search for OBD-II stuff as described & take a gander at all the viable tools & OBD-I capabilities among those choices, so you'll have *both* OBD-I and OBD-II capabililty.
On OBD-I's we just use the NGS (Next Generation Star Tester, made by Hickock, $2K), but NGS is not practical for the "end user" due to it's expense. If someone just needed to do a quick code scan, a $39 tool will give you "beeps" and/or flashing lights where you count the number of audible beeps or # of light flashes to tell you the stored codes on those OBD-I's, but you'll want much more capabiilty than just beeps & flashing lights for stored codes, you'll want to see sensor data, etc., so just do the search as described above & you'll find what you need pretty quickly.
Good luck!
Yeah, how dare you hijack this thread?!?
(Just kidding!!)OK, all kidding aside, we're really most familiar with OBD-II packages as that's what the vast majority of vehicles we do these days are, so I don't have detailed knowledge of what's available for OBD-I aftermarket diagnostic software along the lines of something like Autotap.
The easiest thing to do is just go hit a couple of search engines and search on "OBD-II diagnostic," and then check out each tool/setup/package for any OBD-I capabilities as well; then you'd have the most versatile tool. There have been a couple we've come across that I remember seeing mention OBD-I capabilities, but I can't remember them off the top of my head at the moment. Just do a search for OBD-II stuff as described & take a gander at all the viable tools & OBD-I capabilities among those choices, so you'll have *both* OBD-I and OBD-II capabililty.
On OBD-I's we just use the NGS (Next Generation Star Tester, made by Hickock, $2K), but NGS is not practical for the "end user" due to it's expense. If someone just needed to do a quick code scan, a $39 tool will give you "beeps" and/or flashing lights where you count the number of audible beeps or # of light flashes to tell you the stored codes on those OBD-I's, but you'll want much more capabiilty than just beeps & flashing lights for stored codes, you'll want to see sensor data, etc., so just do the search as described above & you'll find what you need pretty quickly.
Good luck!
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man and i mean the nerve he has to steal a thread liek that and act as if its his...if i ever saw him .... man he'd better watch out! that all i have to say 
(lol)
mike do you have any screen shots of the program? or any one else have some?
(lol)mike do you have any screen shots of the program? or any one else have some?
