[Elecraft] new computer advice suggestions for using with a K3

[Matt Zilmer]

You might try the various automotive multimedia PCs.  All of them are
12V, and some have pretty decent power savings modes.

Here's an example from Mini Box:
http://www.mini-box.com/VoomPC-2-Car-PC-with-Intel-Atom-D2700DC-board?sc=8&category=1543
That one can run Win7-32.

73,
matt W6NIA

On Mon, 12 Aug 2013 06:27:48 -0700, you wrote:

>Please allow me to hijack this thread to ask about low power 
>draw computers for use with the K3.
>
>Last field day I set up our club's digital station with a K3/10, 
>SignaLink USB, and a MacBook Pro. The combination worked very 
>well, but the MacBook Pro, connected through the Apple power 
>adapter and a Radio Shack inverter drew 3 to 4 times as much 
>power as all the rest of the system. I used the Elecraft USB 
><--> RS232 cable for rig control.
>
>So I am looking for a computer that runs on 12 volts and draws a 
>minimum amount of current. It should be low noise and all those 
>other good things as well. My OS preferences are in order: MacOS 
>-- because I know it, flavors of Linux -- so I won't have to 
>configure a Windows system and deal with Microsoft's license 
>verification, and finally Windows.
>
>On the MacBook Pro I was running cocoaModem and RUMped. I expect 
>on other OSes I will run fldigi and a contest logger to be names later.
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
>Cheers - Bill, AE6JV
>
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