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As Y2K rolled over I remember wondering about all the cars with microcontrollers in them. They are everywhere from 80s on, including one of my personal favorites from the 70s, the Intel 8048 (which is also in some PC keyboards from the 80s as well... and the Odyssey video game from the 70s... k... probably enough nerding out on that).

Funny aside... I have a first gen Econoline with zero microcontrollers. What do I do? I installed a period-looking digital dash insert for speed, oil pressure, temp, and turn signal dash indicator. I also put a vintage-looking radio in it that plays MP3s on an SD card. Now... the van will run just fine w/o the microcontroller(s) in the dash. The turn signals still use the old bimetal cans (does a Tesla use those cans? I've never seen a car that doesn't. I figure it was/is a DOT standard). I won't know how much gas I have in the tank, though. It is a trade-off. The speedometer broke, the other gauges were dubious, and getting a whole new set that was accurate made sense at the time. (I still doubt my decision sometimes.)

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