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nicks...@ece.villanova.edu

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Aug 16, 2008, 10:56:40 AM8/16/08
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metspitzer <kilo...@charter.net> wrote:

>>Think about the $75 2-watt Norhtec 486 clone.
>
>Nope.

OK. Don't think :-)

>With only one hard drive, most (idle) computers are still under 150W.
>I would say under 100W.

I'd say 2 watts max for the PC above.

>Add about 15W per hard drive.

What hard drive?

It's about 4"x4"x2" tall, with no hard drive or keyboard or display, just
connectors, including 3 USB. We added Ubuntu linux with a 1-wire file
system (OWFS) on a $10 1 GB flash ram to handle a string of $2 Dallas
sensors that respond with a 12 bit temperature after they see their
factory-programmed 64-bit address go by on a single shared twisted pair.

The best part is Ubuntu's bwbasic, which is almost identical to gwbasic :-)

Nick

metspitzer

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Aug 16, 2008, 1:19:54 PM8/16/08
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On 16 Aug 2008 10:56:40 -0400, nicks...@ece.villanova.edu wrote:

>metspitzer <kilo...@charter.net> wrote:
>
>>>Think about the $75 2-watt Norhtec 486 clone.
>>
>>Nope.
>
>OK. Don't think :-)
>

I was replying to the statement that the computers used from 100-500
watts.

Guess I did that wrong.

Sorry

nicks...@ece.villanova.edu

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metspitzer <kilo...@charter.net> wrote:

>>Think about the $75 2-watt Norhtec 486 clone.
>
>Nope.

OK. Don't think :-)

nicks...@ece.villanova.edu

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kilo...@charter.net

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On 16 Aug 2008 10:56:40 -0400, nicks...@ece.villanova.edu wrote:

>metspitzer <kilo...@charter.net> wrote:
>
>>>Think about the $75 2-watt Norhtec 486 clone.
>>
>>Nope.
>
>OK. Don't think :-)
>

nicks...@ece.villanova.edu

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metspitzer <kilo...@charter.net> wrote:

>>Think about the $75 2-watt Norhtec 486 clone.
>
>Nope.

OK. Don't think :-)

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