[foxboro] "Industrial PC" recommendations

Hi list,
I'm looking for any recommendations for so-called "industrial PCs".  My 
requirements are as follows:


* Powerful enough to run XP decently (but see below)
* Fanless (and can thermally tolerate some dust build-up on the exterior)
* Can drive two monitors at 1280x1024 each
* Open-source friendly (hardware not too cutting-edge, supported by Linux 
or a *BSD)
* Ethernet and a couple USB ports
* Standard motherboard (microATX or miniITX) and expansion (PCI/PCI-E)

Nice to have:

* Can boot from and use CF card or hard disk (though I guess I could get a 
SSD module if there's no CF slot)
* Keyboardless/mouseless boot ability
* Can take 2GB or more of RAM (I don't foresee needing more than 512MB or 
so, but see Windows 7 comment below).


I plan to use these to run static/dedicated DMs/AMs and maybe alarm 
loggers.  I'm going to avoid Windows on the ones I can, but if I find I 
need XP for something, I want to be able to run it.  [I guess I really 
ought to be asking for hardware that will run Windows 7, but we'll be with 
XP for another 4 or 5 years here at least.]


These will be in a (dusty) control room so I don;t need classified-area 
compatibility.


Any experiences/pointers will be appreciated.


Thanks,
Corey Clingo
BASF Corp.

 
 
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