Are you from the past? Your clock is still wrong Don.
I understood your posting entirely. Re-using old equipment is something I do a lot of (and yes, I know where the USB header is on the motherboard). Before you roll out too many of these boxes you should take into account their projected remaining lifetime, availability of spares, amount of time taken to configure and maintain (esp. if every box is subtly different) and power consumption. I think it's a great project, but it might bite you in the bum if you don't think of this sort of thing. IMHO you need standard hardware, and standard software (all preconfigured on a CD- no hard drive). Development is easy, as you can have identical machines in your lab[1]. When the hardware is no longer available, you specify a new system. And really, it is MHO. I am not trying to prescribe what you should do, or diminish what you have done. Andy -- [1] The spare bedroom On Thu, 18 May 2006 02:59, you wrote: > On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 11:57 +1200, Andrew Errington wrote: > > Just IMHO, > > I think perhaps you might have missed the point of the whole posting... > allow me to be a little more direct :) > > 1. Someone was very kind to give me some equipment. > 2. I hope I have demonstrated that I have put it to good use. > 3. I hope I have demonstrated that I put some gear forward as well. > 4. Neil has been a massive help, support and should be acknowledged for > such. > 5. We don't need new flash gear to improve our internet deliver, just > some hard work and fun. I am building. Come join me. > 6. Give me some more gear - hint hint hint. > 7. Place your order for an antenna - hint hint hint (so I can finance > building some more as it's so much fun!). > 8. Tell me where you are and let me put a wok on your roof so we can > join up people. > > Sorry if this is a little blunt and tactless... I thought a little > story would be fun :) > > > Cheers Don
