On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 10:59:15AM +1000, terryc wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:56:20 -0600
> the pterodactyl <iam@???> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 10:52:38AM -0600, the pterodactyl wrote:
> > > What I'd *really* like to see is a full-tower "PC" box based on
> > > RISC-64.
> >
> > "RISC-V/64" was my intent.
> Why full tower? They are hard to find and $$$.

Don't know, actually. I just had visions of slotting my full-length
Radeon RX 6750 into a PCI bus, and having it resemble what I've come to
know as a "real" computer. :)

> If USB V3.x is fast enough (~6Gb/s), there are many external enclosures
> about for HDD. Up to 8 bay is available. Each drive appears as an
> individual drive, so have the same use freedom.

Yes, I have a row of (5) 2.5TB standard spindle drives in USB enclosures
that plug into a mainboard with a ZFS filesystem on top. Plenty fast
enough for 2nd tier storage. Probably time to upgrade...

> I've just finished building my second one (8x8Tb Raid 5) for file
> storage. If nothing else,it splits the weight in the box if you have to
> move it.It also means that I have better choice in 'the head'. so if a
> Risc-V/64 boxen was to become affordable,it would be far easier to swap
> in.

Nice. In a better world, RISC-V/64 will become ubiquitous and ppl will
be swapping open-source/open-hardware back and forth without any
problems at all. Keep it as simple as possible without makeing it "too"
simple. Having as many as ~20 billion transistors on an i9 seems to me
like a recipe for disaster since no single human mind can grasp such a
magnitude in its entirety.