[Elecraft] Computers for the K-Line

[Dauer, Edward]

I recently posted a query here, asking for advice about a Windows-based
computer that would be capable of handling all of the rig control goodies
a K-line could use (logging etc etc) while occupying the smallest possible
footprint on the operating desk.  There were a number of useful answers
suggesting, among others, the Intel NUC and the HP Pavilion.  The replies
I had off-line suggested that others were interested in the same question.
 

So here¹s an update:  I happened to see an announcement this morning of
the forthcoming ³Chromebit² - a "computer on a stick² by Google.   While
the Chromebit will run Chrome rather than Windows, the article led to some
other possibilities.  One of them is the Hannaspree - under 11 cm long and
just wider than a USB plug, weighing less than 40 grams - which runs
Windows 8.1 with a Quadcore Intel CPU. Similarly, the Intel Compute Stick.
  I can¹t say whether these things have the muscle to do everything a ham
with a K line could conjure - maybe someone who knows about such things
could add that.  I thought I¹d pass the note along.

Ted, KN1CBR