[Tfug] Are boxen obsolete?

[erich]

Oh,
              Thanks. I didn't know what BBB stood for. I guess you buy 
stuff like that
online. Call me old-fashioned. I have to touch & feel it before I buy. 
My latest is
PC is the size of a large shoebox that I got from SWS.  It has a 
dual-core AMD
processor. It took a while to integrate the audio. That's because the 
newer audio
chips are surround-sound, but the lt-green jack out of the back connects 
to only
 2 of the pins.

Erich


Zack Breckenridge wrote:
> Erich,
>
> I say yes, but for different reasons. Couple of good examples:
>
> * 
> http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2014/04/13/caseless-virtualization-cluster-part-1/
> * http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/edison_fuzz/
>
> Of course maybe the second one doesn't really count as boxen (but you 
> could probably do a lot of work with a PC sized cluster), and the 
> first one has no box, but rolling your own device is still worth it in 
> many cases (and possibly still cheaper than cloud prices over a year 
> or so depending on the workload).
>
> As TR mentioned, a BeagleBone Black is great for a mini-boxen. I have 
> one and it's awesome. I use it as a mini server/router at work.
>
> Zack B.
>
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015, 4:42 PM TR <trexx at pobox.com 
> <mailto:trexx at pobox.com>> wrote:
>
>     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
>     <mailto: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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