May 12, 2013 | Industrial Computers
Universal Serial Bus (USB) has been with us since 1996 and USB 2.0 since 2000. USB 2.0 has been the defacto standard peripheral interconnect for quite some time. Now USB 3.0 is out. Since it’s the newest version of the standard, we might assume that it should be used over…
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May 10, 2013 | Industrial Computers
“How do I know what type of PCI card I have?” “Will my card work in my PCI slot?”
In rugged computer environments many times there is a need to support legacy PCI cards. It often surprises people that their PCI card won’t work in every PCI slot. A PCI…
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May 8, 2013 | Industrial Computers
Standard Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) contain one or multiple disks called platters, which are covered in a magnetic coating and then rotated at high speed. Drive heads then move across the platters, changing the magnetization of the material beneath to record data, or reading its state to return the stored…
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Apr 30, 2013 | Industrial Computers
With less than a year left, Microsoft has announced they will suspend support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014. Windows XP is still one of the most popular operating systems, accounting for approximately 20% of the traffic to CP Technologies’ web site. Microsoft has posted several blogs urging businesses…
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Apr 4, 2013 | Industrial Computers
Have you ever owned a computer that made you want to pull your hair out? Wondering if your computer would be on the top 10 list of worst computers of all time? You might be in luck. CP Technologies, a
rugged computer manufacturer, has created this interesting infographic outlining…
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Mar 7, 2013 | Industrial Computers
Providing our customers with a unique computer system solution is our core business, hence the phrase “Your Configuration.” But we also sell our systems under “One Part Number.” This can be a big benefit for customers with projects where multiple components are required to be placed in one rackmount configuration,…
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