atom based mini-ITX boards are available from ~60GBP (low-end, ~1.2GHz) to about ~140GBP (dual-core + loads of I/O). Not looked recently as I've got all I need (at the moment....). Situation your side of the pond should be similar. Not expensive.
regards, Paul G8GJA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of paul swed Sent: 27 September 2012 16:01 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather on a Laptop My I like your approach. Now I have to go see what all of this might cost. On vmware are you running esxi?? Suspect the atoms are costly Regards Paul WB8TSL On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Chris Albertson <[email protected] > wrote: > I have an Intel Atom powered box that runs Linux. These Atom CPUs use > so little power they don't put fans on the CPU heat sinks. I run > VMware on Linux and then Windows XP inside the virtual PC. LH runs on > Windows in the virtual machine. I have removed the monitor, keyboard > and mouse. The entire setup uses about 5 or 6 watts of power > > If I want to see the LH display I can log into the linux system for > any other computer and have the screen exported. > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
