Re: Re: Low power PC option

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FWIW, beware ... we found that USAB / RS232 adapters wouldn't work
for us ... real-time handshaking issues ... so be careful to check,
first !

Chris


On 27 Aug 2007, at 23:57, Mal Lansell wrote:

> Plus you can always get USB-RS232 adapters or a serial port PCI card.
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> I'm seriously considering a mini-itx board to run everything except
> media serving.  My current server is on 24/7 and accounts for about
> 10%
> of my electricity bill!  A very low power PC as domain server, email,
> document sharing, audio, intranet and xPL (with another PC to serve
> movies only fired-up when needed) should cut my power consumption
> considerably.
>
> Mal
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> Chris Hunter wrote:
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>> FWIW, the VIA EK10000 has four RS232 ports ...
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>> Chris
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>> On 27 Aug 2007, at 09:25, Jim Noble wrote:
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>>> David Gumbrell wrote:
>>>> I guess since I've bought the rack case already and can
re-use it,
>>>> and can
>>>> probably re-use the memory and power supply, hard disk and
dvd too
>>>> this
>>>> upgrade would be reasonable. Using onboard graphics, I
just have
>>>> to find a
>>>> motherboard that still has a serial port !
>>>>
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>>> Annoying, isn't it. Even worse when you want more than one.
>>>
>>> I've ended up using the Flex ATX version of this:
>>>
>>> http://uk.kontron.com/index.php?id=226&cat=275&productid=1835
>> <http://uk.kontron.com/index.php?id=226&cat=275&productid=1835>
>>>
>>> Cost a fair bit more than an off-the-shelf motherboard, but
has 4
>>> serial
>>> ports!
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
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