[9fans] gumstix displays

[9fans] gumstix displays

[ron minnich]

I just noticed this one:
http://www.gumstix.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=244

there's even a $45 one. I may get one and see. Terminals keep getting cheaper.

ron

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

[Jacob Todd]

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Seems a little small for a terminal, 4.3" at 480x272 resolution. Maybe I'm
crazy.

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Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

[John Floren]

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Jacob Todd <jaketodd422@gmail.com> wrote:
> Seems a little small for a terminal, 4.3" at 480x272 resolution. Maybe I'm
> crazy.

That's better than what you got on the iPaq, and I found that to be
reasonably usable.


John

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

[hiro]

There have been cheaper terminals for ages.
But small may look nice in some cases...

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

[John Floren]

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 6:29 PM, hiro <23hiro@googlemail.com> wrote:
> There have been cheaper terminals for ages.
> But small may look nice in some cases...
>
>

If you can point me at such a cheap graphical terminal that is still
being made, I just might buy one tonight :) "Grab a pentium from the
loading dock" doesn't count!

John

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

[Lucio De Re]

> if you want to go for a cheap atom, i think
> you can beat that price.

Yes, but two weeks later you can't get the same device anymore, even
though the successor, incompatible in fifteen different ways, is 2 USD
cheaper.  And all of it is buggy in some fashion or other.  And VGA is
its own reward.

Ron has a point.

++L

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

[erik quanstrom]

On Wed Dec  8 19:00:57 EST 2010, slawmaster@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 6:29 PM, hiro <23hiro@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > There have been cheaper terminals for ages.
> > But small may look nice in some cases...
> >
> >
>
> If you can point me at such a cheap graphical terminal that is still
> being made, I just might buy one tonight :) "Grab a pentium from the
> loading dock" doesn't count!

it shouldn't be difficult to beat the gumstix on a pure
cost basis.  by the time you put together a complete computer
with a power supply, ethernet and display, they're at least $300
without a case. if you want to go for a cheap atom, i think
you can beat that price.

- erik

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

[erik quanstrom]

On Wed Dec  8 22:14:45 EST 2010, lucio@proxima.alt.za wrote:
> > if you want to go for a cheap atom, i think
> > you can beat that price.
>
> Yes, but two weeks later you can't get the same device anymore, even
> though the successor, incompatible in fifteen different ways, is 2 USD
> cheaper.  And all of it is buggy in some fashion or other.  And VGA is
> its own reward.

that's simply not true.  i wouldn't recommend bad solutions.

i use this motherboard
	http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/945/X7SLA.cfm?typ=H
and this motherboard
	http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPE.cfm?typ=H

they're not cheep.  but with a $100 chassis+power supply, you have a $230-260
computer that's pretty fast (especially compared to a gumstix) and will Just work
with 9atom.  the first motherboard is completely fanless.  these motherboards
have been around for more than a year, and they're listed as "embedded", which
means long support life.

i'm sure there are better and cheeper motherboards out there.  i stopped looking
when i found one that worked well.

- erik

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

[hiro]

Erik, if I want "fast" I know where to look.

I still have a 20€ seagate dockstar wasting my electricity for debian.
Bad as a terminal but maybe something for a server. I'm still unsure
if I should solder some serial. Did somebody already try plan 9 on
this box?

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

[hiro]

I forgot to make this fortune nomination: "i wouldn't recommend bad solutions."

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

[erik quanstrom]

On Thu Dec  9 12:17:28 EST 2010, 23hiro@googlemail.com wrote:
> Erik, if I want "fast" I know where to look.

i believe the op's original adjective cheep. not fast.

- erik

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

[ron minnich]

On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:22 AM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> On Thu Dec  9 12:17:28 EST 2010, 23hiro@googlemail.com wrote:
>> Erik, if I want "fast" I know where to look.
>
> i believe the op's original adjective cheep. not fast.


another part of my objective is open down to the metal. PCs just are
not in that space any more, at least not for me.

In fact PCs are now living the innovator's dilemma.

ron

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

[Bakul Shah]

On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:17:17 +0100 hiro <23hiro@googlemail.com>  wrote:
> I forgot to make this fortune nomination: "i wouldn't recommend bad solutions
> ."

Except to your "frenemies"?