I decided to check the part numbers on the Apacer IDE flash disks in my 3 WYSE S30 thin clients, after flashing the last Windows CE 6.0 update on the newest one shrunk its storage space from 128 meg to 64, and resetting the other two to factory defaults so Dekstop mode could be used *increased* their storage space from 32 to 64 megabytes. (So I hit both of them with the CE 6.0 update.) Turns out the two older ones actually have 512 megabyte flash disks while the newest one does have a 128 meg. 512 meg is enough for the distro of XP Embedded WYSE used in the S90 and 128 meg is enough for their distro of LinuxV6 6.6.2.12 That should also install on 512 meg, dunno if it will use the whole space or if it will be like WinCE and not use it all. I'm going to get a female to male 2.5" IDE adapter, plug one of the Apacer modules into a desktop and see if AOMEI can resize the partition. There are inexpensive 2.5" 44 pin IDE boards with SD slots which should work in place of the flash disk modules.
512 meg storage should be plenty for that Linux and quite a bit of other software. Should be able to go up to 1 gig RAM, perhaps using some of that for a RAM disk. Don't know how large of an IDE drive the Sx0 can use, seems nobody has ever tried to go big on one. If LCNC can be squeezed onto one of these, then the limitation is there not being a parallel port, just a serial port, 10/100 Realtek 8100CL and 4 USB 2.0. The Vx0 series does have a parallel port, three USB 2.0, Ethernet, PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports. There were many options, serial port, VGA or DVI, two DVI ports - but not with the CardBus and SD slots on the back, SmartCard reader on the front (secure access to the CNC control?) and possibly more. Unlike the Sx0 that only had one major and one minor hardware revision but always with the same CPU, the Vx0 series came with a 1GHz VIA C3, then dropped to a 800MHz VIA C7, and the last of them used a 1.2GHz VIA Eden. The largest flash disk used in those was 1 gig in the XP Embedded V90, with 512 meg RAM, can probably go up to 1 gig. The Linux files can be downloaded here https://appservices.wyse.com/pages/serviceandsupport/support/dlOraFW.asp?which=58&model=S50 Here's the release notes https://appservices.wyse.com/supportdownload/5series/RN_%20LinuxV6%20-%206.6.2_12.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
