Just double checking, there is no F/OSS (or, at worst, Linux or BSD
compatible) software that can control the laser cutter?
On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 11:00 PM, Simon Heath <icefoxen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I believe it has an AMD Athlon 64 x2(?), 2 GB ram and lord only knows what
for a graphics card. So, certainly better than the Pentium D, I confess,
about equivalent to his current desktop with less RAM (though adding more
should be easy).
Simon
On 09/08/2016 12:22 AM, Joachim Hall wrote:
Simon, I think it would be some kind of improvement for my brother. It
feels like a fairly speedy machine to me. I think his Minecraft server is
running an Intel Pentium D from 2005. His main machine that he uses for
Minecraft is slightly newer and is a 2006 Dell Dimension e521 with AMD
Athlon 64 x2, 4GB RAM, and GeForce 9600 GT(that I resurrected by baking it
in the oven!). Both very slow compared to my computer but he is only 11.
He gets around 10-15 FPS in Minecraft although that's with a fairly low
render distance and other settings. Do you know what processor the laser
cutter computer has or what year it's from? If it's not any faster than his
main machine it would probably be faster than the Minecraft server with
Pentium D. That thing is really slow even on Ubuntu. It lags hard with 3
people on the server. The fan on it sounds like a jet engine revving up
when you start the mob grinder! Anything more than a small mob grinder and
it crashes. Poor thing.
-Joachim
On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 10:56 PM, Simon Heath <icefoxen@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:icefoxen@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I doubt the laser cutter machine would be better than his current
machine, but...
On 09/06/2016 10:46 AM, Joachim Hall wrote:
I'd also agree that upgrading an 11 year old machine is not
worth the time and money. Anyway, if no one else wants the
old machine I would like it. My little brother needs a better
MineCraft server! The half dead integrated graphics on his
current one is driving him nuts. Just put my name on it and
set it somewhere and I'll get it next time I'm in
Pittsburgh(probably next few weeks).
-Joachim
On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 6:41 PM, Simon Heath
<icefoxen@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:icefoxen@xxxxxxxxx>
<mailto:icefoxen@xxxxxxxxx ;<mailto:icefoxen@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
Okay, both of those are probably better options...
Simon
On 09/05/2016 06:17 PM, Robert Berger wrote:
I have an HP DC7800 like the one John showed, except
it's a
slim case-not ultraslim so it's a bit bigger.
I haven't used it in years and would be willing to
donate it.
It's complete; nothing else would need to be purchased.
-Bob
On Sep 5, 2016, at 6:05 PM, John Lewis
<oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx>
<mailto:oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
Normally I would just buy another Intel Core 2 Duo
like
hangtop to
replace the old decrepit laser cutter computer,
but with
jerks like
/u/crankysysadmin swearing up and down about how I
don't
know to use
Linux, I am just not in a spending mood today.
The build I made for hangtop only cost me 80 USD.
It is
small, put
together well, energy efficient, and doesn't
crash. Half
of the cost was
in the SSD which isn't even necessary in this build
bringing down the price.
Here is the ebay link of the exact unit from the same
exact seller
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Compaq-DC7800-Ultra-slim-Desktop-E6550-2-33GHz-2GB-DDR2-DVD-ROM-NO-HDD-/311550368921?hash=item4889d95c99:g:GcoAAOSwZjJU3OWB
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On 09/05/2016 05:32 PM, Simon Heath wrote:
So the laser cutter computer apparently
celebrated its
eleventh(?)
birthday recently, and tends to be a slow and
occasionally crashy
piece of junk. If anyone wants, I have an old
gaming
computer mobo,
processor and RAM I would happily donate,
which should
be a
significant upgrade (Phenom II x965 processor,
8 gigs
of ram IIRC).
If people are interested I would be glad to
figure out
how to rebuild
the laser cutter compy around it.
There's two potential problems: First, I don't
think
it will fit into
the current laser cutter computer's case.
We'd have
to acquire a
larger one somewhere (at least ATX sized, IIRC).
Second, it's a bit of
a power hog, so we might need a new power
supply (400W
should be
plenty). New, that's probably $130 of parts;
used,
maybe $50 or less,
depending on what I can dig up at Goodwill. Are
people interested?
Simon
