I went to the orangepi.org page and clicked on sellers and it can be 
bought for $9.99!  Wow.. crazy! 8-)
The cords will cost more than the computer!
I think I need to raid the spare change jar and buy a few computers.
Dave


On 10/22/2016 3:52 PM, Nicklas Karlsson wrote:
> Seems like a cheap good LinuxCNC computer, maybe a split between user 
> interface and real time is not needed. If I get it correct software is stored 
> in flash and then I guess it also boot fast.
>
>
> On Sat, 22 Oct 2016 13:44:47 -0500
> bari <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The Orange pi is ~$15 and uses the Allwinner H3.
>>
>> http://www.orangepi.org/orangepione/
>> http://linux-sunxi.org/H3
>> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Orange-Pi-PC-linux-and-android-mini-PC-Beyond-Raspberry-Pi-2/32448079125.html
>>
>> It has native Ethernet (not over USB) so it can use hm2_eth with Mesa
>> 7i92 FPGA.
>>
>> Axis runs pretty smoothly at HD res using llvmpipe since it has 4 cores.
>>
>> Runs without anything TI or Machinekit.
>>
>> -Bari
>>
>> On 10/19/2016 11:26 PM, Nicklas Karlsson wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>> While I use many BeagleBones to control various machines exactly the
>>>> way you describe (using an HDMI monitor and KB/Mouse connected to the
>>>> BBB), it is not nearly the same user experience as running on an x86
>>>> PC.  Everything is noticeably slower on the BBB, and graphics
>>>> performance is particularly horrid (to the point that the 3D preview
>>>> display is essentially unusable).
>>> Sound like the real time stuff on Raspberry or BBB and an ordinary computer 
>>> for user interface is the way to go for all systems with an ordinary user 
>>> interface.
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