Re: [tlug] EE question (was: VPN?)

[Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>]

On 2018-07-08 14:30 -1000 (Sun), David J Iannucci wrote:

> This is beyond my skilz, and anyway beyond my current toolset, and I
> won't run out and buy a meter just for this. The thing only cost eight
> (yes, USD8) bucks...

Well, it is true that buying a multimeter[1] would add 9% to that
cost. (Yes, that multimeter really is ¥79.)

[1]: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B003272E48/

> It's a ThinkCentre m92p 2121-D6U (a little 'ways down the sheet):
>   http://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/withdrawnbook/M92&M92p.pdf

Ah, that makes a huge difference. Lenovo tends to use fairly
standardized PSUs and also has reasonably good protection on their
business-level machines. If your current PSU craps out you can
probably replace it with any standard Lenovo 19 V 65 W PSU you find in
Akihabara.

> Definitely something I will do down the pike when I have time and a
> little extra money to put into it. I'm thinking it might make a very
> nice little firewall or something.

It should actually even make a decent desktop machine or server, given
an SSD and 8 GB RAM. That i5-3470T is even a bit faster than the small
form factor i5 systems we were discussing last week here, and more
than twice as fast as my daily use desktop system. The only issue may
be that the max resolution is 2560x1600, though at least it will go
dual monitor, or even triple if you have the model with two
DisplayPort ports.

cjs
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