On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 6:27 AM, david <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ken Restivo wrote: >> After following the thread here about laptop survival rates live, >> I've decided to roll my own ruggedized embedded softsynth box: >> >> http://www.restivo.org/blog/archives/a-more-portable-setup > > An interesting idea. I did up a design 10-15 years ago that would stack > a small mobo (same dimensions as a 5.25" floppy drive) with a hard drive > and power supply), with fan on top (the only logical way to exhaust heat > from a computer case!). Hook it to monitor and keyboard when needed, > otherwise (in your case) use MIDI controls. > >> I'd appreciate any advice anyone here might have to share regarding >> this adventure. >> >> I'm particularly curious about storage options. I'd rather not put in >> a spinning hard drive, and go with some kind of flash drive with an >> ATA or SATA interface, if such things exist. > > I saw an article today, some Japanese manufacturer (Hitachi?) announcing > a 256GB solid-state drive. Probably incredibly expensive, but available. > > Depending on how much storage you need, maybe an 8-16GB sD/xD memory > card and reader would be enough? > > One issue you might think about re SSDs - I understand that while they > provide fast data reads, they're quite slow on writes. > > -- > David > gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > authenticity, honesty, community > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > It was Samsung that announced the 256GB solid-state drive. http://tinyurl.com/4tq99b Apparently it's faster than previous SSDs cheer, ernie -- "Both Rob and I see sound as shapes. I only have to do this (makes a fist) and he knows what sound I mean". - Autechre ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Ernie Dulanowsky www.pulsewidth.ca _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
