[tech] New Mermaid
Ash Tyndall
atyndall at gmail.com
Mon Mar 14 09:13:45 WST 2011
I'd support the purchase, but I'm unaware of any Australian companies that
would sell it.
Where did the quoted shipping price come from? Could we potentially get it
cheaper?
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Bob Adamson <bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> This thread got a little sidetracked with talks about disks...anyway, back
> to the actual topic...
>
> [TRS] linked me to a box[1] which not only has all the features we need,
> but does it much cheaper than the previous suggestion. It has 8 serial
> ports, a fanless 1.2GHz VIA 64-bit processor[2] running off a VIA Epia
> motherboard[3]. The cost of $389 is good at the moment with the Aussie
> dollar close to parity with the American dollar. The problem is shipping
> to Australia - $227!
>
> Does anyone know of a local source, a better alternative, or someone in
> the US that we can ship through?
>
> Bob Adamson
>
> [1] http://www.e-itx.com/epia-m840-ep50.html
> [2]
> http://resources.e-itx.com/processors/VIA_Nano_Processor_datasheet_v100727.pdf
> [3]
> http://resources.e-itx.com/via-epia-m840/VIA_EPIA-M840_datasheet_v100915.pdf
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 3 Mar 2011, Bob Adamson wrote:
>
> > Hi techies,
> >
> > I've been thinking about a replacement box for mermaid, and now seems
> like
> > a good time to do the job properly while the box isn't being used for
> > anything.
> >
> > Dispense is currently running on heathred, the vendserver is running on
> > martello, the door lock is controlled by a service running on mussel,
> with
> > a decserver, a man-eating power supply and a modem in amongst all that.
> > It's all very hot, very power hungry, and not all that reliable. What I
> > hope to do is put all these services on one reliable machine with a ups.
> > It will also require a little electronics later on for the door stuff.
> > This will hopefully mean that the services are more likely to stay up in
> > emergencies (fuse trips, power dips, hail storms in the clubroom,
> > armageddon, freshers in the machine room) and also be easier to
> > understand, manage and update.
> >
> > The replacement box should run on as little power as possible, have at
> > least 3 serial ports (preferably more), have static cooling (ie no fans),
> > preferably mini or microATX so we can stick it somewhere out of the way.
> >
> > At the moment, I'm keen on getting something in the $800 range from
> > advantech, such as
> >
> http://buy.advantech.net.au/ARK-3360L-3S51/ARK-3360L-3S51/system-3545.htm
> >
> > If you have a better suggestion, or can be bothered trawling sites to
> > custom build a box, I'd love to hear from you!
> >
> > Bob Adamson
> > UCC Treasurer
> >
> > |"Bureaucracy is a challenge to the be conquered with a righteous
> |
> > |attitude, an intolerance for stupidity, and a bulldozer when necessary"
> |
> > | ---Peter's Laws
> |
> >
>
>
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