RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] lunchbox computer

I looked and looked, unless you can find a place that is selling used
equipment or find one at auction you are looking at a lot of green.

The only Cheap solution I ever saw was in MaximumPC. Guy built the whole
case out of wood.
At 10:24 PM 12/3/2001 -0500, you wrote:

>Randy -
>
>I've been searching the net for modern "lunchboxes", and as Jon
>said, it seems they are generally pretty expensive to buy new.
>They seem to be mostly catering towards the "industrial" market.
>OTOH, what about PC's like your I-opener? I heard it requires
>hacking, and do you end up with a PCI slot? I recall seeing some
>ads recently for an integrated LCD & PC for desktops, like the
>I-opener. Dell? Hitachi? It only makes sense now that LCD
>prices have really come down. There oughtta be an entry-level
>system with minimum PIII, 800Mhz, 64 meg, 15"TFT LCD, CD-rom, 18Gb
>HDD, FDD, and Ethernet, for something like $1199. Has anyone come
>across something like this?
>
>Carlos Guillermo
>VERVE Engineering & Design
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Randy Gordon-Gilmore [mailto:zephyrus@...]
>Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 6:51 PM
>To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] lunchbox computer
>
>At 04:50 PM 12/3/2001 -0500, Carlos Guillermo wrote:
>
> >Does anyone know of an inexpensive source for those "lunchbox"
> >style computers, the ones that have a small LCD, a detachable
>
>I got my lunchbox at a yard sale (spur of the moment buy) for $50.
>It has
>a 640x480 plasma display and had a dead 386 motherboard and tiny
>hard
>drive. It is a "Compact PC-III".
>
>The good news is, that it takes a standard AT-size motherboard,
>and I
>retrofitted it with a 486-66 with PCI video card and a larger hard
>drive
>(200MB, 500MB? I forget right now). I got Windows95 running on it
>just as
>an exercise, but it's now running DR-DOS. It was to be my CNC
>controller,
>but is too slow. I had tried a faster Pentium motherboard in it
>briefly,
>but there was some problem with the video card (the video needs to
>go out
>the VESA connector and through a little interface board), but then
>I got
>the i-opener (200 MHz Winchip) that is running CNC Pro well, so
>the
>lunchbox is in my closet.
>
>As someone else said, they are on eBay most of the time. If you
>find one,
>I think you can be confident you can upgrade it. OTOH, if you
>might be
>interested in mine email me offlist.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Randy
>
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