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At 12:47 PM 7/20/2009, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I may yet still go with a
standard Intel solution, but I think there<br>
could be major power savings to be had going with a smaller box like
a<br>
Soekris if it can work. A good rule of thumb for 24x7 devices is $1<br>
per watt per year, so 45 watts, while good, will still be $45 per<br>
year. I don't know what a Soekris would draw, but without a power<br>
supply fan, and using a CF card rather than a conventional HD, I'm<br>
hoping the power use would be much reduced.</blockquote><br>
There is a version running on a Blackfin based board that claims to only
use 4 watts,
<a href="http://blog.astfin.org/">http://blog.astfin.org/</a> I
thought about it, but didn't want to be stuck to that hardware and OS
version and it's not cheap.<br><br>
Ira</body>
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