Comment from co pilot .. swap out the rotating drive for ssd and the beast really screams.
> On Aug 26, 2026, at 8:46 AM, Chris Albertson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The Claude AI is right. In 2026, use EtherCAT. Even if you can still buy > a PC with internal expansion slots today, such PCs will become more and more > rare and expensive as time goes on. > > I would not worry about what size/shape mainboard is in the box. My favorite > Linux computer for small utility jobs like this is now the Apple Mac Mini > from 2014. It has an Intel i5 or i7 inside and can run Linux (you > completely overwrite MacOS). This Mini are bomb proof. The chassis is > milled from a sold block of aluminum and used as the heat sink and they have > a very low speed fan that usually never runs. Cost about $100 on eBay. > There are no serviceable parts inside, but they last forever. > >> >> >> 2. How about industrial ATXish motherboards that don't have slots, or >> have 1 slot for a video board, connected to the FPGA card through >> ethernet > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
