Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] VIA EPIA-M9000 for audio?
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Dec 23 2002 - 21:44:28 EET
On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 07:28:42 +0000, Daniel James wrote:
> > These machines aren't that lightweight, I've run arodur on lower speced
> > machines.
>
> Really? What spec and how many simultaneous tracks?
Early PIII (bad cache I think), 500 MHz, PC66 ram, IDE33 disks.
> Bear in mind that a C3 of a given clock speed benchmarks well below a Pentium
> III of the same clock speed. You can fit an ATA-100 disk and plenty of RAM
> though.
IIRC the C3 is clocked at 800MHz? And it supports DDR ram. I wasn;t
planning to use for for recording, jsut processing.
> I'd like to build a C3 machine for the studio I've just started renting on the
> Isle of Wight. I am concerned that it won't be able to multitrack audio as
> much as a P3 or P4 though.
Heh, I fear the IoW.
> As for power supply transplants, I'm sure it could be done - you could even
> put the rackmount PSU in the Procase to avoid wasting it...
I'm not sure there the same shape, the 1U supply is long and thin.
- Steve
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