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From: Harry James (no email)
Date: Mon Aug 08 2005 - 01:00:56 EDT
You can build one a lot cheaper using a mini itx board or Micro ATX. You
can power everything including the monitor with a DC power supply. They
make rollup keyboards that have sealed keys. At least one of the via
mini itx boards is 1 gig and fanless.
HJ
Len den Besten wrote:
>Imo a fanless 12-v pc is a better solution than a laptop.
>- a laptop is prone to fall.
>- a laptop fan blows salty air by its components.
>- a laptop's power consumption is considerable, esp. when you use an
> inverter/adapter.
>- when you spill some liquid over your keyboard, the whole laptop
> is out of order.
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>As I look at it now my choice is an Alubox fanless 1 GHz PC.
>If you don't mind the dutch language:
>http://www.shiptron.nl/docs/alu-max.pdf
>Complete system for $1,200. It works on 12 v / 1,3 Amp.
>I'll probably invest in a stabilized 12-v powersource to be on the
>safe side.
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>With it's Pentium III and 512 Mb memory it can handle all I want to
>do with it.
>It will be many months before I actually buy one but it will be
>mounted inside a locker. I'll have a keyboard and a trackball at the
>chart-table and I'm considering a second screen (these VGA-cables
>come in up to 7 meters) and a "bolt-on" trackball near the wheel in
>the cockpit.
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>Len
>S/v Present
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>--- In , "Lee Haefele" <Lee at h dot dot dot >
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>>One BIG problem I have seen is that people get new computers
>>which are under warranty. Where YOU can CARRY a computer through
>>customs easily, if you try to SHIP it over and back through
>>customs you may be asked for duty, also there are long waits for
>>processing at customs. I have met possibly 10 cruisers in this
>>situation, all unhappy. Plan on laptop failure once a year, but
>>YMMV.
>>Lee Haefele
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