The bad news:
it looks like the HP zX20 (z420, z620, z820, etc) is the oldest series to be given a repaired BIOS from HP. So a z400 or a z600 or an xw4600 will be left out - so far.
The 'who-knows' news:
some rumored class lawsuits might budge Intel (and thus HP and others) to go back one generation (to z400s and z600s and z800s, etc) or to go back two generations (xw4600s etc) or three generations (I think it's xw4400 etc) for microcode updates.
The good news:
you can still run most computers without the internet. Software is a different situation. For example, Audinate Dante VIA requires an internet connection every now and then to keep running. (Most of the other Audinate Dante products require hardwired networks and I can't find much easy-to-digest information yet about Meltdown and Spectre and networks. If it turns out badly, though, adding more old computers to a Dante network costs as little $30 per computer (plus some more CAT5e or CAT6).)
If you ude them for audio only, and setup a proper firewall, which allows only wanted connections there will be no problem
Curious about the Dante
regerds
frank
My last conversation with Audinate (3 years old or so): Dante Virtual Soundcard firmly does not support Linux. Didn't bother to check since.
MMM
Try this...
http://www.four-audio.com/en/products/da...-card.html
Thanks Dingo,
I knew this one. However, I beta-tested the Virtual Sound Card (on Windows) and this would be an easy way to outsource DSP power as Frank and I plan with Jack over the net - just using the existing or a dedicated ethernet card.
https://www.audinate.com/products/softwa...controller
Oh well, let's stay with free (as in freedom) software then
MMM
@ Dingo
is it an idea to make a split into a dante thread?
Regards
As the writer of the original "A Video About 'Meltdown' for Older Xeons," I think a dante thread would be great. Maybe a one-word or two-word title? :-)
There is not an official Audinate Dante forum. At least not for musicians. So finding information about Dante is something of a quest. But it's there.
Once Audinate gets the https://investor.audinate.com link back, the "Risks (p81 to p89)" section tells a lot. I found the link yesterday and the 'Risks' chapter said nothing about "Meltdown" and "Spectre." Then today I went to that site and got: "System Unavailable." (Editing the 'Risks' chapter, perhaps?")
Maybe Jabney
you can make a new start of Dante : and combine the information collected in this thread up til now ?
as i assume you are already a Dante user you could give an intro
I would appreciate it
Regards
Frank
I'm done with Dante
Regarding Meltdown: I'm done with this, too. Nothing is eaten as hot as it's cooked. Time will tell.
MMM
it looks like the HP zX20 (z420, z620, z820, etc) is the oldest series to be given a repaired BIOS from HP. So a z400 or a z600 or an xw4600 will be left out - so far.
The 'who-knows' news:
some rumored class lawsuits might budge Intel (and thus HP and others) to go back one generation (to z400s and z600s and z800s, etc) or to go back two generations (xw4600s etc) or three generations (I think it's xw4400 etc) for microcode updates.
The good news:
you can still run most computers without the internet. Software is a different situation. For example, Audinate Dante VIA requires an internet connection every now and then to keep running. (Most of the other Audinate Dante products require hardwired networks and I can't find much easy-to-digest information yet about Meltdown and Spectre and networks. If it turns out badly, though, adding more old computers to a Dante network costs as little $30 per computer (plus some more CAT5e or CAT6).)
(01-12-2018, 02:08 PM)jabney Wrote: The bad news:
it looks like the HP zX20 (z420, z620, z820, etc) is the oldest series to be given a repaired BIOS from HP. So a z400 or a z600 or an xw4600 will be left out - so far.
The 'who-knows' news:
some rumored class lawsuits might budge Intel (and thus HP and others) to go back one generation (to z400s and z600s and z800s, etc) or to go back two generations (xw4600s etc) or three generations (I think it's xw4400 etc) for microcode updates.
The good news:
you can still run most computers without the internet. Software is a different situation. For example, Audinate Dante VIA requires an internet connection every now and then to keep running. (Most of the other Audinate Dante products require hardwired networks and I can't find much easy-to-digest information yet about Meltdown and Spectre and networks. If it turns out badly, though, adding more old computers to a Dante network costs as little $30 per computer (plus some more CAT5e or CAT6).)
If you ude them for audio only, and setup a proper firewall, which allows only wanted connections there will be no problem
Curious about the Dante
regerds
frank
(01-12-2018, 02:17 PM)Frank Wrote: Curious about the Dante
My last conversation with Audinate (3 years old or so): Dante Virtual Soundcard firmly does not support Linux. Didn't bother to check since.
MMM
Try this...
http://www.four-audio.com/en/products/da...-card.html
(01-12-2018, 07:28 PM)Dingo Wrote: Try this...
http://www.four-audio.com/en/products/da...-card.html
Thanks Dingo,
I knew this one. However, I beta-tested the Virtual Sound Card (on Windows) and this would be an easy way to outsource DSP power as Frank and I plan with Jack over the net - just using the existing or a dedicated ethernet card.
https://www.audinate.com/products/softwa...controller
Oh well, let's stay with free (as in freedom) software then
MMM
@ Dingo
is it an idea to make a split into a dante thread?
Regards
(01-13-2018, 07:11 AM)Frank Wrote: @ Dingo
is it an idea to make a split into a dante thread?
Regards
As the writer of the original "A Video About 'Meltdown' for Older Xeons," I think a dante thread would be great. Maybe a one-word or two-word title? :-)
There is not an official Audinate Dante forum. At least not for musicians. So finding information about Dante is something of a quest. But it's there.
Once Audinate gets the https://investor.audinate.com link back, the "Risks (p81 to p89)" section tells a lot. I found the link yesterday and the 'Risks' chapter said nothing about "Meltdown" and "Spectre." Then today I went to that site and got: "System Unavailable." (Editing the 'Risks' chapter, perhaps?")
(01-13-2018, 12:36 PM)jabney Wrote:(01-13-2018, 07:11 AM)Frank Wrote: @ Dingo
is it an idea to make a split into a dante thread?
Regards
As the writer of the original "A Video About 'Meltdown' for Older Xeons," I think a dante thread would be great. Maybe a one-word or two-word title? :-)
There is not an official Audinate Dante forum. At least not for musicians. So finding information about Dante is something of a quest. But it's there.
Once Audinate gets the https://investor.audinate.com link back, the "Risks (p81 to p89)" section tells a lot. I found the link yesterday and the 'Risks' chapter said nothing about "Meltdown" and "Spectre." Then today I went to that site and got: "System Unavailable." (Editing the 'Risks' chapter, perhaps?")
Maybe Jabney
you can make a new start of Dante : and combine the information collected in this thread up til now ?
as i assume you are already a Dante user you could give an intro
I would appreciate it
Regards
Frank
(01-13-2018, 12:36 PM)jabney Wrote:(01-13-2018, 07:11 AM)Frank Wrote: @ Dingo
is it an idea to make a split into a dante thread?
Regards
As the writer of the original "A Video About 'Meltdown' for Older Xeons," I think a dante thread would be great. Maybe a one-word or two-word title? :-)
I'm done with Dante
Regarding Meltdown: I'm done with this, too. Nothing is eaten as hot as it's cooked. Time will tell.
MMM