[Coco] Possible DW server

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 09 April 2013 22:35:38 Allen Huffman did opine:

> On Apr 9, 2013, at 4:38 PM, Steven Hirsch <snhirsch at gmail.com> wrote:
> > If you replace Windows CE with a lightweight Linux distro it should be
> > able to run DW.  I have a Seagate Dockstar appliance with 128MB of
> > memory that can bring up the DW server without problems.
> 
> Yeah. We really need to find something "commercial" like the GuruPlug,
> but that doesn't take a Linux hacker to set up. The Raspberry Pi is
> neat, but I didn't see it as a "real thing" until I ordered an $8 case
> to put it in -- before it was just some open circuit board with wires
> coming off of it.
> 
> I am sure there is something out there -- if they can do a Pi for
> $25-$35, someone is bound to make something for $50 that is packaged
> and ready. BUT, it also needs to have the support so it can be updated
> and such.

Add another $20, and you are looking at the beaglebone.  ARM Cortex based.  
Runs linux. One of the guy's on the linuxcnc list is actually running a 
milling machine with it, and like the Rpi, you can stick it in your shirt 
pocket.
> 
> The Guruplug was a failure. The company that sold it didn't even provide
> any details on updating the software. There was some wiki that had some
> hit-and-miss information and that was about it. Finally sold mind.
> 
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