On 8/1/2012 1:48 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > On 8/1/2012 10:43 AM, andy pugh wrote: > >> On 1 August 2012 15:05, Kent A. Reed<kentallanr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> Even a self-contained CNC controller could have two motherboards inside, >>> one to handle the LinuxCNC functions and one to handle the GUI >>> >> But why would you bother when you can get a Mesa/Pico card for less >> that makes ultimate latency irrelevant, and costs less, and adds >> dozens of IO pins too? >> >> > Just pointing out the possibilities. > > As a matter of fact, I do have a Pico card (Jon sez mine is ancient). I > don't remember it costing less (!) than the motherboards we're talking > about but I bought it for the other goodnesses you mention back when no > motherboard gave particularly good latency numbers. It still seems a > good idea. > > There remains the minor problem of finding boards with copacetic GPUs. I > can build a Xterminal once and forget it. > > Cheers, > Kent > > PS - I guess the Olympics are getting boring. After a big lull on this > board since Friday, traffic is starting to build up again:-) > > >
I am a self admitted "horrible" Olympics fan... My Olympic summary: Michael Phelps... lots of medals... Female gymnists who sound like munchkins.... yeah I might be able to do that if I was 4 ft tall, 90 lbs, and practiced for 6 hours per day ...boring... ;-) I have never understood Intel's marketing strategy, if it really exists. Did anyone notice the 425 series of their MiniItx boards?? They are $10-$20 cheaper than the D525MW board but single core. Who would buy such a board for such a small difference? Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
