[Tfug] Are boxen obsolete?

[TR]

Boxen arn't as big anymore but I still assemble parts  The motherboard test
to be a SBC,  mine are BeagleBone Black, used for learning ComputerVision.
    I hear BBB makes for a good multimedia boxen.

TR

On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 3:40 PM, erich <erich1 at copper.net> wrote:

> That is,
>        a computer which has hardware components which you can mix and
> match.
> Get the box. Get the motherboard, The processor, etc. Then add the
> software,
> (Linux, of course), and configure it to your liking. My kick is multimedia.
>        How many people are doing that anymore? Nowadays you buy the tablet
> or the smartphone. Many apps come pre-installed, and you get it all from
> the
> cloud: banking, social media, etc. Who ever heard of installing a
> souped-up video
> display for the smart-phone that you already have. You go out and buy a
> new one.
> Right?
>        Never mind that everybody else is getting  monolithic computers with
> pre-installed software. Will there still be retailers that cater to  geeks
> like
> me with unusual tastes in hardware/software?  As you know, Radio Shack
> isn't doing very well. (That' where I bought my 1st PC)
>
> Erich
>
>
>
>
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