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You know, even though it didn't quite work out, that was awful nice of you to do. I appreciate the time you took. On Oct 14, 2005, at 10:18 AM, Art Simon wrote: > You're right, it's more expensive than I thought. I have a lot of > computer parts "lieing around" (I teach computer programming) so I was > taking a few things for granted. > > Here's what I was considering getting from newegg.com: > Norco Technologies Inc. RPC-800 Black Steel 4U Rackmount Case - Retail > Model #: RPC-800 $69.99 > COOLER MASTER SAF-S12-E1 120 x 120 x 25mm SuperFlo Cooling Fan - > Retail > Model #: SAF-S12-E1 $9.99 $19.98 > VANTEC VDK-120 Fan Vibration Dampener Kit - Retail > Model #: VDK-120$3.99 > VANTEC SF6025L 60mm 2 Ball Case Cooling Fan - Retail > Model #: SF6025L$6.55 > ASUS P4P800-E DELUXE Socket 478 Intel 865PE ATX Intel Motherboard - > Retail > Model #: P4P800-E DELUXE$115.50 > ASUS A7000-X/T/32 Radeon 7000 32MB DDR AGP 2X/4X Video Card - Retail > Model #: A7000-X/T/32$27.00 > SYBA PCI USB 2.0 4+1 shared port controller card Model SD-VIA-5U - > Retail > Model #: SD-VIA-5U$6.10 > Update SeaSonic SUPER SILENCER-300W ATX12V 300W Power Supply - > Retail > Model #: SUPER SILENCER-300W$46.00 > Subtotal: $306.46 > > I already have the rest of the parts I'd need, but if you were > starting from scratch, you'd have to figure about $200 for a processor > (that's what I paid for my 3.2Ghz Pentium 4 "Prescott"), > and another $200 for 2Gb of memory. There are a lot of good deals on > hard drives, but we could probably find two 100Gb drives for another > $200. Add a good soundcard with midi like the Audiophile 24/96 for > $100 > > Windows XP (OEM) can be had for $45. I just bought a copy last > weekend to update my Mom's computer, in fact > > So that's over $1000, quite a bit more than half of the receptor's > $1400. Add a touchscreen and we are about even. I'm still thinking > about it though, > > On 10/14/05, Kelly Coyle <kellycoyle@charter.net> wrote: > >> I looked into it, and I couldn't make the math work out -- everything >> ended up being about the same as the Receptor. I don't know much >> about building systems, but there's the A/D conversion, the ins and >> outs, the MIDI, and so forth, that the Receptor has built in, along >> with the host program (not such a big deal). If something like what >> you describe was available, or if I knew _exactly_ what to buy and >> what to do when I bought it, I'd add it to the rack in a heartbeat. >> >> Receptor is supposedly super-stable, too. XP seems kinda kludgy for a >> dedicated music system, whereas MUSE has adapted Linux. Although >> their code is GPLed, so it would be there to use. >> >> >> >> On Oct 14, 2005, at 9:04 AM, Art Simon wrote: >> >> >>> For some reason, I've been thinking about this a lot. I never work >>> outside of the studio, but I enjoy building computers. It >>> wouldn't be >>> that hard or expensive to build a rackmount computer to run >>> Mobius, in >>> fact it would probably be half the price of the Receptor. And there >>> are new, small TFT touchscreen computer monitors coming on the >>> market >>> aimed at people who are building PC based car audio systems: >>> >>> http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp? >>> sku=90146946&SearchEngine=Froogle&SearchTerm=90146946&Type=PE&Catego >>> ry >>> =Elec&Gad=0&dcaid=17379 >>> >>> If you were to take such a computer on a gig, you might be able >>> to do >>> everything with just the touchscreen so you wouldn't need to pack a >>> keyboard, mouse, monitor etc. >>> >>> It would be really cool if there was a rackmount case that came >>> with a >>> small touchscreen monitor, or at least a place to mount one, but I >>> couldn't find one. >>> >>> Has anyone else built or thought about building something >>> similar? The >>> first issue of "Virtual Instruments" magazine had a good article on >>> building a rackmount music computer, but it didn't discuss >>> touchscreens. >>> -- >>> Art Simon >>> simart@null.net >>> http://art.simon.tripod.com >>> http://artsimon.iuma.com >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Art Simon > simart@null.net > http://art.simon.tripod.com > http://artsimon.iuma.com >