The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 04/01/18 19:23, Chris Green wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Cheaper than a raspberry pi...
Linux makes them quitre decent, but as XP machines they are worthless.

Consume much more power than a Pi too though. Excellent as a test
machine or a spare desktop but more expensive than a Pi to run as an
always on server for instance.

Possibly. Its a bit like an aga. Once you stop thinking of it as a
cooker and think of it as an actually pretty efficient space heater that
you can cook on, it suddenly doesn't matter

This house here has vents to keep it dry. I have taped over them wityh
bits of paper, and te CH boiler seems about 30% less active.


Worrying about wheter or not trer is 50W of server in te cirber is not a
big issue

True, but it's worth factoring in when deciding whether to re-use an
old system or buy a new one.

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Chris Green
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