>    I see that after a small trip in audio and strorage it comes back to 
> graphics and my idea - LCD over Ethernet.

>       - LVDS port for TFT panel
>         (optional VGA/DVI for connecting a projector)

But Timothy is looking for projects that don't depend on video:

Dieter> Suggestion:  take the above (audiophile quality audio) and add the 
video,
Dieter> and make an audio/video server box.

Timothy> Whose video would we use?  The reason I brough up this idea is because
Timothy> I felt that the economics of an audio solution would be more favorable
Timothy> than doing a video solution.  If the community could design for us an
Timothy> audio card while the rest of us are still working on video, we could
Timothy> go ahead and produce the audio solution first as a source of funding.

> Also, it could have ATA/SATA ports to make a distributed storage and/or 
> USB for HID (mouse,kbd) and mass storage - to make a silent computer 
> (remember, the apps will run on a noisy server, far far away)

If it has disks it has noise, even if you use massive heatsinks
instead of fans.

Apps aren't noisy.  Fans are noisy.  Disks are noisy.  Tape drives are noisy.
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