On Monday, Oct 28, 2002, at 08:14PM, Clae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>First of all, for what you will save on solar panels and batteries >(lots) I would spend the extra few bux and get a laptop. The power >consumption will be about a tenth of that of a desktop even without a >monitor. Yep. I'm aware of the power issues at a trivial level - I really need to go back to school and redo all that electricity stuff again :-) Then perhaps I should modify my requirements a little : the computer needs to have 2 ethernet ports so that I can properly NAT/firewall my little home network. That's why the NuBus 68K series work really well - not only is NetBSD rock solid on them, the old ethernet cards are pretty easy to dig up. Now the 660Av is also useful because it is a full 68040 and will give better performance than my trusty IIci :-) For a power comparison (from AppleSpec <http://www.info.apple.com/support/applespec.legacy/index.html>) not that I really understand how to interpret the numbers... Max BTU Model Watts Amps per Hr 660AV 86 1.7 294.12 IIci 159 1.3 543.78 LC630 45 1.25 153.9 PB5300 45 1.88 153.9 PB 540 40 1.015 136.8 PM7500 150 3 513 (n.b. fixed width font table :-) Of course now I see that using an LC630 is way cheaper on juice than the others - even down around powerbook levels! The whole PowerMac series are pretty much out of contention - the 73/5/600 series are about the best of the bunch here... [...] >I'm working up to using my 1400 in a similar setup as a wireless >node, using OS 9. Fantastic! I'd love to try that, but first I need to get into wireless ;) >Where are you located? Sydney. Not far from busybits/everythinglnux actually ... -- Outback Mac is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Outback Mac list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/obmac.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:outback.mac@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:outback.mac-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:outback.mac-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/outback.mac%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
