RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: EMC Black Box

im running emc (at least emc-sim...long story) on compact flash here. i
used the compact flash to IDE adapters, with 2-256 meg cards, bdi-2.9, i did
the custom install and was carefull of what i installed. it boots MUCH
faster on compact flash. its price is dropping pretty quickly too, 512 card
i saw the other day for around 300... the two 256's i bought for 130 and 100
two weeks later (with rebate)
instead of a sbc (bdi may have problems with video) you may think about
'revision control boards' with are basically old 440BX chipset boards that
have a very strict revision/quality control.... from what i've read, they
have the dependiablity of sbc's, but act just like normal mother boards...
i was told the other day that compact flash has a degridation problem... i
was skeptical, so i researched it and found most suppliers show a MTBF of
1,000,000 to 10,000,000hours... uh... 114 years? oh my, what if in 114
years it fails!!! ohNO!!!!! anyhow, sarcasm aside, ive gotta work---Dave L.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: imserv@... [mailto:imserv@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 7:52 AM
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: EMC Black Box
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> > Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 00:14:23 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Lloyd G <lloydg_98@...>
> >Subject: EMC Black Box
>
> >Following the SBC line of thought why not a standard
> >mother board with all the availability and low cost
> >factors that implies its already got ports coms etc
> >add network card ,Video card.
>
> >Now instead of making EMC ROM based why not plug in a
> >Flash HDD emulator, plug in a CDROM run the BDI set
> >everything up to talk to a remote windows computer.
>
> We are on the same wavelength here Lloyd. I would be
> concerned about the cost of the flash ROMS though. The usual
> minimum capacity I hear about EMC is 500 MEG and that would
> seem to be a little expensive for flash.
>
> We can get older PC's in the US for very little money and
> they usually have all the needed ports. That's why I had
> thought to go that route myself. I'm talking $200 US or
> less. I don't know if I could find a new SBC with hard
> drive, CDrom, NIC, and ports enough to make a controller for
> the same money. The other side of the coin, is that these
> computers usually are about 70% air inside. Add a little
> more fan and it might even be feasable to put the whole thing
> in one box. Computer, powersupply and drivers.
>
> Oh yea, paint it black. ;-)
>
>
> Best Regards, Fred Smith- IMService
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