Dave:
I just
ordered the Roland UA-1EX USB sound for my Acer. I hope it
works
as
well as yours. By the way, how do you plan on running the Flex
1500
since
the Acer one has no firewire interface?.
I have
also ordered a 1500 for delivery in Feb but plan on using a
laptop
I
already have which has a firewire interface.
John
W5EG
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I bought the acer last week, mainly to run my sdriq and sdr1500
(when
released) "in the field". I ended up paying under $250 in
a "black friday
special" with 120G hd and 1G memory. I have tried it
with the sb extigy
external usb sound card and it works well with
the 3 sdr applications i
use (KGK, powersdr and Rocky) I also tested
it with the hpsdr and it works
well
Do not think of buying the flash ram version and trying to upgrade
to a HD later, unless you have VERY good motherboard soldering
desoldering skills, the ram is soldered to the board NOT
connectorised
There is a very useful "user" web site on this
computer
I
did look at the asus version, but I wasnt convinced the cheaper
looking
keyboard would last field operation
Dave
ww2r
and the
sdr1500--- In softrock40@yahoogroups.com,
"Mark J. Dulcey"
wrote:
>
> Cecil Acuff
wrote:
> >
> >
> > I had been wondering about
that little computer...I have also
considered
> > buying one for
the SDR project.
> >
> > Anyone tried the ASUS version
that's being sold...not sure what
the model
> > designation is.
It's under $400 here.
>
> There are a lot of competitors in that
space now: the Asus Eee 901
and
> 1000, the MSI Wind, the Dell
Inspiron Mini, the HP Mini 1000, the
Lenovo
> IdeaPad S10, and
probably some others I missed. Their specs are
all very
> similar:
1.6GHz Atom, usually 1GB RAM (although many of the
systems can
> be
expanded to 2GB by the user, netbooks with Windows XP can't be
>
shipped with more than 1GB; it's a license limitation of the ULCPC
>
edition of Windows XP Home), some size of hard disk, and Windows
XP
> Home. There are also netbooks with Linux and with flash storage
instead
> of hard disks; I haven't yet seen one with Linux and a
hard disk,
though
> you could install Linux on the ones that come
with Windows XP
easily
> enough if you want to. I suspect that
every one of them has the
same
> audio limitations; only a mono mic
input, just like most other
notebook
> computers.
>
with
lighting), a slightly wider keyboard than many (including
> the Acer).
And the higher-end model has 802.11n networking,
Bluetooth,
> and a
6 cell battery, all for $430 at Micro Center.
>
> Has anybody
verified that the Atom CPU has enough horsepower to
run SDR
>
applications?
>
