Re: Openbrick NG, Questions about VGA and HD

Waibel Wilfried wrote:

>Hi all,
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>does anybody have experience with the new openbrich ng. You can find it at www.storever.com. I have some questions:
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First of all, the Openbrick NG is the successor to the OpenBrick. It 
will be officialy announced soon. There are already a few early adopters.

>1. is it correct, that I can use a standard 3.3" HD inside the brick
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No. Only external USB HD (we suggest LaCie). Reason: only way to get 
stable system considering heat of 1Ghz CPU.

>2. do I have a chance to run a resolution like 1600x1024 for a sgi flat panel with the build in grafixs?
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Yes.

>3. if no, is there a chance to switch off the internal grafixs and use a pci vga card?
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You can also do that.

>4. is there a standard epia board used in the brick? if so, is there a chance to use the optional LVDS connector or do you have an other idea how to use a digital display?
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Not a standard board. You may use LVDS connector.

>5. sorry, but has anybody experience running win xp on this machine. on my first openbrick I run RH9 very well, but now I need a workstadion for a win user.
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It runs XP very well from what we know. But we do not plan to provide 
any official XP support.

JPS.

>Thanxs in advance,
>Wilfried
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