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very minimalist hardware for TC?

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herrMnnn:

--- Quote from: herrMnnn on May 18, 2012, 06:29:23 PM ---I picked up a HP T5700 from ebay for less than $50 delivered.  There were cheaper options but I couldn't be bothered with the auction process.  I'm kicking myself for missing out on a lot of 4 Wyse S50 units which went for $6 plus postage for the lot.....

Anyway, once I worked out what I was doing, I installed and ran TinyCore from the internal flash drive without a problem.  I booted it into Windows XP embedded first just to make sure the hardware was ok before I formatted the drive, and as expected TC is much faster :)

I chose the HP as it reportedly has lower power consumption than some of the others around (9-14W), and since I won't be running much in the final configuration processor speed etc is largely irrelevant.  The parkytowers site referenced above was a huge help.

--- End quote ---

I haven't posted in a while, which is testament to TC's stability, but thought I'd post a milestone...


--- Code: --- 07:00:01 up 365 days, 20:23,  1 users,  load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.04
--- End code ---

It has been running a little longer than that, but it's been 365 days since I plugged it into a UPS.

It's been logging csv data to a usb drive via a serial connection to a radio receiver (RS232 modbus) every 10 minutes, 24 hours a day, without skipping a beat.  It sends an "ok" email to me every Monday.  I download the data from it to my Windows PC via Rsync.

TC was a bit of work to get up and running, but it's been brilliant for this purpose.  Well done and thanks again to the developers!

Rich:
Hi herrMnnn
Well done. You certainly have me beat:

--- Code: ---tc@box:~$ uptime
 09:55am  up 150 days 10:13,  1 user,  load average: 0.01, 0.03, 0.05
tc@box:~$
--- End code ---

cast-fish:
Hi

you know those "wyse" s50 machines. They contain a 366 mhz geode AMD right?

in processing terms what are the boxes capable of?

running tcl? and what about running apps?


do they have a gig of ram and what ssd hard-drive?

thanks

Vince.

i have seen those boxes in large offices. They serve up to the terminals a xen hypervisor windows session.

gerald_clark:
I use HP T5730.
Hard to beat.
1G AMD Sempron 64 bit CPU with 1 or 2 G of RAM, 1 or 2 G Flash drive for about $30.00.
VGA and DVI Video, ethernet, and sound supported.

cast-fish:
nice gerald


but that same money in ARM-land gets you  5 times more cpu power and 4 times more graphics power. (and even all wrapped up in a nice tablet)

and that's new !   

V

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