[Lancaster] Re: the kitchen network.

[Ken Hough]

Martyn Welch wrote:
> ------ Original message ------
> On Wednesday 11 Aug 2004 02:02, Andy Baxter wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Tuesday 10 August 2004 23:45, Ken Hough wrote:
>>
>>>Martyn Welch wrote:
>>>
>>>>Same machine as the scsi card for  scanner - we can use this as a
>>>>"service box", leave the CDrom drive in it though, I wish to share that
>>>>to the other machines.
>>>
>>>Will do!
>>>
>>>I assume that a 300 and odd MHz PII will be up to the job of supporting
>>>demands for both scanning and CD burning. Maybe RAM might need to be
>>>increased.
>>>
>>>Ken
>>
>>could we use the same box to run the plasma screen display? not sure how
>>this would fit with the other uses though.
> 
> 
> I think the leads for the plasma screen are on the other side of the wall, 
> which could prove a little problematic. Also I was aiming not to have X 
> running on the machine so to minimise CPU load.
> 
> I guess I had envisaged a small machine in the back room to power the plasma 
> screen.

ie the original 'headless box' concept for the CD burner come scanner setup.

Ken Hough