Your offer was intriguing and a very reasonable price; however, there are other thoughts that one might consider.
When I configured my computer to run my F5K, I wanted a lot of extra power for the future and also wanted a computer that I could install other applications on...to run other things beside the F5K. Consequently when I looked for a small dedicated computer, I could not find an off-the-shelf one that had additional extra power for the future that would meet my needs. I suspect that many people looking for a system to power the F5K have a similar feeling that they need a lot of extra power for possible future expansion. The system that you proposed will run the F5K; but, may not have the power for future expansion and enhancements... I suspect that a ham who buys an F5K is probably computer savvy and would think nothing of configuring and building his own system. In my case, I bought a "Shuttle" and put a Quad Core processor in it. It pretty well loafs along when it runs the F5K; but, also handles some other applications at the same time. I had no problem making the F5K or the computer work! I installed the software on the Shuttle, followed the F5K instructions, and it all worked. George K2CM -----Original Message----- From: Brian Lloyd [mailto:brian-wb6...@lloyd.com] Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 1:53 PM To: FlexRadio List Subject: Re: [Flexradio] small, dedicated computer for F5Ka A week or so ago I offered several small, pre-configured systems that would be plug-n-play for a Flex 5000 A. These would be ready-to-go with the Flex driver, PowerSDR, supporting software (VAC/com0com/ddutil) and popular ham radio software (HRD/DM780/fldigi) installed and pre-configured so that all you need to do is to plug in the F5K, turn everything on, and get on the air. I got the idea from working with another ham here who was having trouble getting everything to work together. But the silence has been deafening. Other than Tim's one response talking about using an Atom 330 board (I considered that but it only has VGA output and I use DVI or HDMI for flat panel displays) there hasn't been a peep. Since getting all the pieces to play together nicely has proven to be much more of a challenge than I expected, I thought there might be more interest. Understand, I am not looking to turn a profit on this. It was more of an experiment than anything else and it looked like a way to make the F5K (or F3K) much easier to get on-the-air. I have learned a LOT about Microsoft Windows in the process and this seemed a really good way to share it. So, just wondering what people are thinking. 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3914 (20090306) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3914 (20090306) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.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/
