[Lancaster] Re: the kitchen network.

[Ken Hough]

Andy Baxter wrote:
> On Thursday 22 July 2004 22:50, Andy Baxter wrote:
> 
>>i'm just trying it out - it looks really neat. i got it working by
>>setting /usr/local/bin/j2re..../javaws/javaws as the application for
>>application/x-java-jnlp-file files. (having already downloaded the j2re
>>runtime environment).
>>
>>do you know roughly how much CPU it takes to burn a CD at maybe 8x? i.e.
>>what kind of machine would we need for this, and could it do anything else
>>as well?
> 
> 
> answering my own question - i'm just writing an iso to CD/RW on a DVD drive. 
> it's writing at 4x, and using about 0.6% CPU on a 1.4GHz machine. So I guess 
> one of the old pentiums we already have would do fine.
> 

Yes! Should be OK, or better one of the PIIs.

BTW, I now use k3b and have had the odd, but rare, duff burn when 
running via 'KDE'. So far never had failures when running via 'icewm'. I 
use a Plextor burner and run it at only 20x for burning.

Ken Hough