At 07:00 PM 3/29/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>Mymika,
>
> > I would still recommend old 200 MHz said laptops upgraded with giant ha=
rd
> > drives, you could record double the time because of mono although
> > you may be in
> > stereo. If you get one that runs on the 12 volt battery they
> > would run a long
> > time. Have you considered using solar powered recharges, I think
> > most sunny
> > days with recharges the nomad battery quite well with a modest panel.
>
>I can certainly see where this might be an option, but there are practical
>reason such as physically carrying the PCs and external batteries into
>place, which generally involves considerable walking, the costs of
>installing large Hard drives, possible issues with the Bios of old PCs not
>supporting large Hard drives.
>
>I hadn't thought of a solar panel to recharge the JB3 batteries - certainl=
y
>worth considering, thanks.
>
>Graham
I have had experience with old laptops not having the throughput in their
BIOS to sustain 180k per second of audio stream for very long, so thorough=
testing is in order!
I send my best regards,
Marty Michener, MIST Software Assoc. Inc., P. O. Box 269, Hollis, NH 03049
Spring has sprung, the grass has riz. Wonder what kind of grass it is?
Graminoids - a new book for naturalists to identify sedges and grasses.
http://www.enjoybirds.com/HomePublishing/PubHome.htm#gram
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