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Diskless Workstations

I have been lately coming across diskless workstations (an integrated computer without disk) at very cheap prices.

Has anyone used this type of a platform for a robotic implementation?

It would seem to be a natural for a distributed network within a robot and they seem to have a nice array of interface options.

Thanks for any advice you can offer.

TMT

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Too_Many_Tools
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diskless workstations are such a good way to go, if you don't go nuts. i'd suggest a 32bit x86 compatible embedded board on each robot, something with 8mb ram on board, simple ethernet phy with a wireless link and bootp or dhcp support on the network hardware. then on the software side, a server with clusternfs

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to prevent wasted space, but still have customised kernels and stuff. i wouldn't suggest using a full diskless computer for just a robot, but there are people who use lots more for less gain, so a diskless would be pretty good.

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jim dorey

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