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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I agree,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Im all For the purchase, They look pretty nifty<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>227 seems excessive. Can we get it via UPS Land? 227 Sounds more like FedEx Priority Express to me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I get Wi-Fi Gear from the US (Texas) For an item that’s 5 times the size, 3x heavier it costs $68.00<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mitch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> tech-bounces@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au [mailto:tech-bounces@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ash Tyndall<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 14 March 2011 9:14 AM<br><b>To:</b> Bob Adamson<br><b>Cc:</b> tech@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [tech] New Mermaid<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I'd support the purchase, but I'm unaware of any Australian companies that would sell it.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Where did the quoted shipping price come from? Could we potentially get it cheaper?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Bob Adamson <<a href="mailto:bob@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au">bob@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This thread got a little sidetracked with talks about disks...anyway, back<br>to the actual topic...<br><br>[TRS] linked me to a box[1] which not only has all the features we need,<br>but does it much cheaper than the previous suggestion. It has 8 serial<br>ports, a fanless 1.2GHz VIA 64-bit processor[2] running off a VIA Epia<br>motherboard[3]. The cost of $389 is good at the moment with the Aussie<br>dollar close to parity with the American dollar. The problem is shipping<br>to Australia - $227!<br><br>Does anyone know of a local source, a better alternative, or someone in<br>the US that we can ship through?<br><br>Bob Adamson<br><br>[1] <a href="http://www.e-itx.com/epia-m840-ep50.html" target="_blank">http://www.e-itx.com/epia-m840-ep50.html</a><br>[2] <a href="http://resources.e-itx.com/processors/VIA_Nano_Processor_datasheet_v100727.pdf" target="_blank">http://resources.e-itx.com/processors/VIA_Nano_Processor_datasheet_v100727.pdf</a><br>[3] <a href="http://resources.e-itx.com/via-epia-m840/VIA_EPIA-M840_datasheet_v100915.pdf" target="_blank">http://resources.e-itx.com/via-epia-m840/VIA_EPIA-M840_datasheet_v100915.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><br><br>On Thu, 3 Mar 2011, Bob Adamson wrote:<br><br>> Hi techies,<br>><br>> I've been thinking about a replacement box for mermaid, and now seems like<br>> a good time to do the job properly while the box isn't being used for<br>> anything.<br>><br>> Dispense is currently running on heathred, the vendserver is running on<br>> martello, the door lock is controlled by a service running on mussel, with<br>> a decserver, a man-eating power supply and a modem in amongst all that.<br>> It's all very hot, very power hungry, and not all that reliable. What I<br>> hope to do is put all these services on one reliable machine with a ups.<br>> It will also require a little electronics later on for the door stuff.<br>> This will hopefully mean that the services are more likely to stay up in<br>> emergencies (fuse trips, power dips, hail storms in the clubroom,<br>> armageddon, freshers in the machine room) and also be easier to<br>> understand, manage and update.<br>><br>> The replacement box should run on as little power as possible, have at<br>> least 3 serial ports (preferably more), have static cooling (ie no fans),<br>> preferably mini or microATX so we can stick it somewhere out of the way.<br>><br>> At the moment, I'm keen on getting something in the $800 range from<br>> advantech, such as<br>> <a href="http://buy.advantech.net.au/ARK-3360L-3S51/ARK-3360L-3S51/system-3545.htm" target="_blank">http://buy.advantech.net.au/ARK-3360L-3S51/ARK-3360L-3S51/system-3545.htm</a><br>><br>> If you have a better suggestion, or can be bothered trawling sites to<br>> custom build a box, I'd love to hear from you!<br>><br>> Bob Adamson<br>> UCC Treasurer<br>><br>> |"Bureaucracy is a challenge to the be conquered with a righteous |<br>> |attitude, an intolerance for stupidity, and a bulldozer when necessary" |<br>> | ---Peter's Laws |<br>><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>