On Monday 29 March 2021 18:42:00 Billy Huddleston wrote: > Doesn't have to be the size of a Rpi4. One about the size I posted, or > a NUC is fine. I'm even fine with something a bit larger. I was just > wondering what was the nominal choice these days. Also, this is for a > friend, so, I don't want to muck around with a Rpi4 right now. Need > it as simple as possible. > > Thanks, Billy > > On 3/29/21 6:13 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 29 March 2021 14:30:19 Billy Huddleston wrote: > >> Looking for a small form factor PC to use. Been a while since I've > >> put together a new system. > >> > >> Contemplating this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085RZDVL5 (Has WiFi > >> for LAN connection and onboard Ethernet for the MESA Card) > >> > >> Or perhaps a Intel NUC? Anyone have suggestions? What's everyone > >> using these days? > >> > >> Thanks, Billy > > I just had one of my ark boxes die, it was about 10 years old. So I went to PCLiquidaters and bought a 4 pack of old Dells with 4 core i5's rated at 3HGz. With 4GB of dram, and bare hard drives, about $150 a copy. Big, I'm having fun fitting them where the shoeboxes were but quicker than stink. And being Dells, about 20 lbs heavier than the ark shoeboxes.
Installed on bare 240GB SSD drives with our latest iso from linuxcnc.org, they just work to whatever interface was there before as I just copied the /home/me/linuxcnc directory contents from the old drive to the new install, then switched the /etc/atp/sources.d/linuxcnc.list file from the 2.8.1 repo to the buildbot and reloaded master. You can do that last anytime. 2.8.1 runs well and is stable. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
