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RE: Single Board Computer
>Myself, I'd save the
>money and just get a small conventional
motherboard. A motherboard with
>everything onboard shouldn't set you
back
more than £80, and a
>CPU/PSU/HDD/RAM would cost another
£100. Build a case from some scrap
>metal/wood/MDF or buy a generic case
from
somewhere and you have a machine
>for less than £200 which will probably
do
video as well!
You can buy a motherboard and 1Ghz processor from
eBuyer.com for £80! - and the Mobo has a soundcard built
in.
And then add any other components you need
- 40Gb
Hdd, Memory and Graphics card (with TV out if you wanted) and you still
would
have change for £200!
Or you could
try
and buy a Rio DAR from Insight or similar for around £157
:-)
Regards
Daniel
> Well I joined the list
too
late to get a DDAR so I am trying to come up
with
> something that
will do something similar. What I thought is if I get
a
SBC
>
with onboard LAN and sound then I can hook up some powered speakers to
it
> and have the same thing as a DDAR (tell me if there is a serious
flaw in
the
> logic) playing mp3's from my server.
None
that I
can think of. Sounds like a great idea.
> My question is
anyone know what kind of power supply a SBC needs? Is it a
>
wallwart or what? I am after the most unobtrusive way to do
this.
Normally a 5vdc supply - easy to find.
> Would I
need a
PIII or would a 486 be enough?
A 486 will play MP3s using an OS like
DOS or Linux, but you'll need a P100
really for Windows-based
players.
> Anyone know of a cheep place to buy a
> SBC
from? What operating system do these SBC use?
You can load any
OS
on them - they are just small PCs. Myself, I'd save the
money and
just get a small conventional motherboard. A motherboard
with
everything onboard shouldn't set you back more than £80, and
a
CPU/PSU/HDD/RAM would cost another £100. Build a case from some
scrap
metal/wood/MDF or buy a generic case from somewhere and you have a
machine
for less than £200 which will probably do video as
well!
Andy
--
PC-Based Multimedia System
http://www.andylaurence.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pcbmms
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