Not trying to defer any sales of the system Brian listed below, if you are looking for a low cost system, consider the Intel ATOM 330. I have one based on the Intel mobo that works great and plan to use it for the setup at the Raleigh Hamfest in April running Vista x64.
-Tim -----Original Message----- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Brian Lloyd Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 2:28 PM To: FlexRadio List Subject: [Flexradio] small, dedicated computer for F5Ka Some of you may have noticed my recent frustration with Windows. Well, there is a reason. As a result of a home-automation project by a now- defunct company I have a number of new, very small systems that I thought would be ideal to use as a dedicated computer system to run the flex 5000a. (They were intended to be media players handling streaming audio and video.) I really like the package and wanted to make one work for myself so I can recover some space in the shack and to simplify wiring. Now that I (finally!) have the system working reliably I have switched over to using it full time. I have tested it with both receivers working and fldigi running. I have also tested at up to 192K sampling rate. The machine is busy (90% CPU with both receivers, 192KHz sampling, and fldigi running) but it runs just fine. I normally run with 96KHz sampling and the update rate on the panadaptor seems to be full-speed. I have three more of these systems. I was planning to sell them on eBay but I got the idea that they might prove useful to people here who want a very small system dedicated to run their F5Ka, and have it all ready set up with all the necessary software loaded and tested. Just plug it in, turn it on, and you are ready to go. I have the following installed and working on mine: Windows XP Home, SP3 Flex driver v3.2.0.1556 PowerSDR v1.16.1 com0com VAC DDutil HRD fldigi If you want one, I will configure it similarly and make sure it works properly on my radio before sending it. The hardware itself is an Aopen MP945-VDR with the following: Intel Celeron 1.46GHz socket-M processor 1GB SO DIMM DDR533 RAM DVD-R drive a couple of different disk drive sizes ranging from 20GB-60GB 1x 400Mbps 6-pin Firewire (built-in) 4x USB 2.0 5.1 audio out with optical S-PDIF gigabit ethernet DVI video interface (needs an adaptor for VGA) This system is about the same size as a Mac Mini. Here is more information in the system: (http://usa.aopen.com/search_prod.aspx?modl=MP945-VDR ) The system runs off of 19VDC (AC power adaptor included). I think these machines are worth about $400 configured the way they are. If you think you might be interested, drop me a note directly. -- 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL Brian Lloyd - brian HYPHEN wb6rqn AT lloyd DOT com _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
