[tech] Rome Upgrade

[David Adam]

UCC has a fairly long VGA cable (as well as old KVM cables which can be 
used as VGA extension cords); could we put a DVI-VGA converter on one?

David

On Sun, 7 Mar 2010, Mitch Kelly wrote:
> The VGA and DVi Leads are only just long enough, Does anyone have longer DVi
> and VGA?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tech-bounces at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au [mailto:tech-bounces at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au]
> On Behalf Of Bob Adamson
> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 9:21 AM
> To: Mitch Kelly
> Cc: tech at ucc.asn.au
> Subject: Re: [tech] Rome Upgrade
> 
> If you want to reduce temperature, you might want to put it somewhere 
> other than sitting on top of musdea (which is a nice hot Delta). Is there 
> any way you could rack mount it instead?
> 
> Bob Adamson
> UCC Wheel Member
> 
> |"Bureaucracy is a challenge to the be conquered with a righteous        |
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> 
> On Sun, 7 Mar 2010, Mitch Kelly wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I plan to upgrade my personal Colo box (Rome.ucc), It will have a decent
> graphics card on it that will support OpenGL on the ticker screens as well
> as better support for the TV tuner, If anyone wants
> > to help with dev on it speak to rvvs89 J
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Rome will go off next Friday for about 1hr, No data will be lost on it as
> the old drive will just be mirrored.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > The TV tuner in it will be upgraded to a Digital Card, Most likely a
> Conexant or Bt878 or similar. The Video card will be a 9600GT.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > This is NOT a Club PC(Personal Colo box), But this email is more of a FYI
> for those who have accounts on it.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Heat will be reduced to a minimum and power also, I plan to have the new
> box an Intel Dual core Atom (16Watts)
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Mitch
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
> >
> 

Cheers,

David Adam
zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
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