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Originally Posted by blueroomelectronics

It looks like a fantastic little Linux board.

Hey Bill, welcome back. Long time no see...

This little computes seems very interesting. I currently have a project where I need client PC's from a terminal server. I assume that the OS on this computer will not be Windows based, but I think I'll contact the suppliers to find out if there might be a work-around. I'd rather have a small cheap little Raspberry unit, v.s. a Desktop PC. Cheap enough to replace if anything should go wrong.

You could Use windows 8 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2...hitecture.aspx

And this may work for you http://www.arm.com/community/softwar...mbedded-ce.php

I would just use Linux I ran debian on 8 netcafe Computers couldn't keep windows clean and running. People would kill about one windows xp PC a week

Changed the to Debian and they ran for over a year no problems and the hardest app I had to get working
was to use Windows messenger. Had to chat LOL

Now there are programs for any thing you can think of

Mike the last time I used Fedora It was great. This is a awesome little PC I'm going to use it for Netflix It can handle BLueRay I think it should work nice to steam video to my tv. Then I put my old dell to rest and maybe have something nice to look at, a nice box to put it in wireless key board and mouse and lay on the couch

I just have to post this

First up is its ability to not only decode a 1080p HD-quality video stream on the fly - decent, but not unheard of in a mobile processor - but also to encode at this resolution in the popular H.264 format, recording full HD video on the fly before outputting it via HDMI. Still imagery hasn't been neglected either, with the company claiming the processor can handle the output from a sensor of up to twenty megapixels before breaking sweat.

Games performance has been given a tweak too, with the company claiming a 1 gigapixel fill rate and the ability to output rendered images via HDMI at up to 1080p natively - opening up the promise of portable high-definition gaming that can be easily connected to a big-screen display without looking like a dog's dinner.

And the Raspberry Pi has 2 time the ram that quote is from same GPU but more ram really can't wait to see this puppy smoke

There is 256 and 128 of it is for video from what I been reading. The real spec of this chip is kind of hush hush LOL you can't even get a data sheet if your not going to buy 10.000 of them and show what your using them in.

But Raspberry Pi said they will post a lot of information plus datasheet

Originally Posted by be80be

You could Use windows 8 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2...hitecture.aspx

And this may work for you http://www.arm.com/community/softwar...mbedded-ce.php

I would just use Linux I ran debian on 8 netcafe Computers couldn't keep windows clean and running. People would kill about one windows xp PC a week

Changed the to Debian and they ran for over a year no problems and the hardest app I had to get working
was to use Windows messenger. Had to chat LOL

Now there are programs for any thing you can think of

Burt,

My application is for process control, control room environment. We are doing a project in the DRC. My SCADA package is Wonderware ArchestA, interfacing with Rockwell Automation (Allen Bradley PLCs

I would like to keep the control room client computers divorced from the main server equipment and our current design is to use terminal servers into which the clients log into. The SCADA software resides in the terminal servers. I don't know if the Wonderware software will install in a Linux OS. (There's quite a few Microsoft software packages involved to make the SCADA fully functional)

I will start with an investigation soon and even get the guys from Wonderware involved.

Thanks for the reply.

Hi again,

If these things sell as good as i think they will, we'll probably see better specs in the future too with more ram and stuff.