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[Gerry Creager N5JXS]

Er... I'm in the process of selecting, then hardening, computers for 
weather site installation that will have to function for periods of up 
to three years in extreme conditions.  I don't expect to do this with 
normal E-machines or Dells, but I do expect to select and build out 
essentially stock hardware and see them work.

It's not that hard.

Oh... and while I do suffer crashes with Linux, at least there I can 
leave a watchdog running, or reasonably expect cron to restart the 
machine hard every 24 hours or so.  I generally don't see too many 
problems in the embedded systems I employ.

gerry

Herb Gerhardt wrote:
> I run the SOMTN digi in Western Washington, USA and this site is about 70
> miles from my house and located on a mountain at 3000 ft.  It is not
> accessible in the winter time due to snow.  From my experience with
> computers, they all crash periodically and need someone to nurture them back
> to life.
> 
> So, a PC at this site is not an option in my mind.  I am not willing to run
> up there whenever it needs to be reset.  I have not been at this site now
> for almost 2 years and it is still running just fine!  I can access the
> KPC-3+ TNC from my home and make any desired setting changes as we find ways
> to improve our network.
> 
> In our area, we also do not encourage people to have digipeaters running in
> their homes where they could have ready access to their equipment.  The
> majority of the digi's in our area are on similar mountain top locations
> with the same access problems.
> 
> Herb, KB7UVC
> NW APRS Group, West Sound Coordinator
> Our WEB Site:  http://www.nwaprs.org
> 
> My NEW Email Address:  hgerhardt at wavecable.com
> 
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
> 
> 
>>If in The Netherlands, Germany, France and Italy its not a problem to
>>deploy PC's in digipeaters, why is it such a problem in the US? I don't
>>get it, but maybe that is because I'm European.
>>
>>Kind regards,
>>
>>Henk.
>>
> 
> 
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