Hi David: I use these HP thin clients for several projects! On the Allstar / app_rpt side, they will not handle the DSP processing in a full-duplex application (I did not try half-duplex). They do work well with the simple_usb driver and half-duplex. I have a couple in service with this arrangement. So one can say replace an existing irlp node attached to a controller with one of these babies! For my FREE STAR* project (www.freestar.us) they work very well in full duplex mode, with 2 RF modules since we use an external GMSK modem for the heavy processing. Note - I have been using the T5710 (1.2GHz) models, with 256MB RAM. I have one T5500 running an IRLP node. I believe you will be fine with the T5500 for a 'simple_usb' / half-dupe node. I too like the fact that these babies run off 12V DC (13.8 is fine) and draw around 650mA. Cost wise, the cheapest I have seen is a lot of 20 for $25 CDN - missed that purchase by $5! Hope this helps. Cheers! Ramesh. Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: David VK2HDM <vk2hdm@gmail.com> Sender: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 15:20:26 To: <app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org> Subject: [App_rpt-users] HP Compaq t5510 as allstar box Hi Guys Chasing around as I have 2 of these and thought that they could well do a 12v computer for a remote allstar box running as repeater. I have found that it can be reflashed to boot Linux via USB and it is a 800mhz listed on the label. http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Workstations-Thin-Clients/re-flash-t5510-with-L... I can't see why it can't be used for an allstar machine with a couple fi radios on it. I would like to find out has anyone done this before and any pitfalls that I should expect that will need to be worked around. David VK4VKG Fax (07) 4641 7340 _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users