RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] lunchbox computer

I bought one on ebay several months ago, replaced the insides with a 266
Pentium socket 7 MB, 64 MB Ram, 3 Gb drive and a 24X cd-rom. Now all I need
to do is replace the gas plasma display with at least an 800 x 600 color LCD
and I will be in business. I paid 36.54 for the computer on ebay, and have
put another 75 in it plus the drive I alread had. Not a bad deal IMHO for a
controll PC that runs Linux / EMC just fine and doesn't take up much room in
my small shop.

John Guenther
Sterling, Virginia

> -----Original Message-----
> From: elson [mailto:elson]On Behalf Of Jon Elson
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 9:15 PM
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> Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] lunchbox computer
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> Carlos Guillermo wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know of an inexpensive source for those "lunchbox"
> > style computers, the ones that have a small LCD, a detachable
> > keyboard (which covers the LCD for storage), and usually at least
> > one PCI and/or ISA slot? I'd like to use one for my CNC
> > controller, but don't know where to find "affordable" ones. My
> > websearch only brought back pricey ones.
>
> The only ones I know of sold complete are from Dolch, about $5000.
> Yikes!
>
> You might be able to build one with parts from Timeline or another
> outfit that does the LCD and controller sets. You can take the board
> out of a PC power supply and mount it optimally in a case. (Remember
> there's 340 VDC in those things, so think about insulation when
> figuring out how to pack things. Small keyboards are available,
> although you have to look a bit. Some of the later ATX motherboards
> are quite small. Forget ISA slots, they are getting REALLY hard to
> find.
>
> Jon
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