Couldn't agree with you more, John. Before I built my Micro-ATX PC to dedicate to my 5000A, I was using a several year old HP Vectra. Single-core 2.4GHz P4, 1.5 GB of memory, and it never broke a sweat. I think I paid $150 for it on eBay. 73, Jim KQ6EA
--- On Sat, 11/28/09, John Ragle <tpcj1...@crocker.com> wrote: > From: John Ragle <tpcj1...@crocker.com> > Subject: [Flexradio] Water-cooled computers... > To: "FlexRadio Reflector" <FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz> > Date: Saturday, November 28, 2009, 2:28 PM > I think the problem is that many > people do need water-cooled computers: that is,/* */they > should throw their present machine in the lake and start > over. Too many people bought a computer 10 years ago > thinking that it was the last investment they would have to > make in that department; alas, the pace of technological > development has been such that their 10-year old computer > might as well be from the last century. > > On the other hand, PwrSDR runs just fine on modern, quite > modest computers, along with a host of other applications. > The idea that the computer is an appendage of the radio is > quite topsy-turvy...in fact the radio is just another > computer peripheral, which cohabits very nicely with > whatever other programs one wants to run. As Alan NV8A > points out, you can buy into this game for < $500 at the > present. Anxiety over a lack of computer power seems to be > wasted worry, despite all the traffic on this reflector > about "computer-ED." > > I'm with the guy who glued a knob on the front of his > FlexRadio for Auld Lang Syne. It is probably at least as > effective as power putty. An F5K would even take a nice > HRO-style knob, the epitome of mid 20th Century elegance. > > John Ragle -- W1ZI > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > Message delivered to kq...@pacbell.net > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
