RE: e-clerk computer options

["Jonathan Wolfe" <jwolfe@MIT.EDU>]

After talking to Tom about video capture, it seems to make sense to go
with the built-in firewire ports and use a digital video camera to
capture continuously at 30 fps.  There are relatively cheap ones that
run for $300-$400 that would capture at somewhere around 1 megapixel.

Tom, do you know of a good place to look for appropriate drivers for
capturing video from these cameras with Linux?

Machine prices: The 450 workstation is approximately $4350 from Dell's
website, minus whatever discount MIT gets and whatever we save from
calling Dell and asking them to not factory install an OS (no OS is not
an option for the workstations when you configure them online).  The 650
workstation is approximately $4550.

-Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: Adel Hanna [mailto:hanna@graphics.lcs.mit.edu] 
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 11:08 AM
To: Jonathan Wolfe
Cc: sfc@graphics.lcs.mit.edu; hanna@graphics.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: Re: e-clerk computer options


Jon, what is the total price for each system?

On Mon, 19 May 2003, Jonathan Wolfe wrote:

> Common specs:
>
> Dual 2.80GHz Intel Xeons
> 2GB RAM
> ATI Radeon 32MB VGA card
> 146GB SCSI hard drive
>
> There are two Dell workstations that fit these specs, the 450
> workstation and the 650 workstation.  The 650 is $200 more expensive
for
> the same configuration, but contains 2 built-in firewire ports, has a
> built-in SCSI controller, and 2 extra PCI slots.  It's possible that
the
> firewire ports would be useful for peripherals like the video camera,
> but we could always just get a PCI card for that.  The extra ports and
> slots would be more useful for upgrades, it seems.
>
> I hope to catch up with Adel today about the price from Dell's website
> and if it's worthwhile to look for other vendors.
>
> -Jon
>
>