Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 14:10:58 +0200 From: Mischa Peters <mischa.peters@cacheflow.com> To: Soren Kristensen <soren@soekris.com> Cc: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Smallest footprint box?? where to get one? Message-ID: <20000723141058.H88713@high5.net> In-Reply-To: <397A6DC6.AD7DAEFF@soekris.com>; from soren@soekris.com on Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 09:00:06PM -0700 References: <397A58C2.D77106E8@unlimited.net> <397A6DC6.AD7DAEFF@soekris.com>
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I would be very interested. I have a lot of friends that are running on a cable modem or xDSL and instead of putting in a full blown pc we would rather have something cheap and easy. Let me know how you want to go about doing this? Mischa -- Sr. Systems Engineer EMEA & CALA CacheFlow, Inc. (CFLO) The Netherlands > I'm a freelance hardware designer, and have done a lots of embedded PC design, > and actually did a tiny prototype MPC850 communication controller based firewall > for linux. (Linux runs on the MPC850, a 50-80 Mhz PowrPC....) > > See http://www.soekris.com/fw1000.jpg > and http://www.inside.dk/news/Photos/586GXm-plus.JPG > > That little pcb of my own (3.0" x 4.1") has 2 10mbit ethernet ports, serial > port, 16-64 Mbyte DRAM, 1-4 Mbyte flash plus a compactflash socket. Projected > volume cost incl box: <80$. > > After those cheap nat boxes came out I kind of put the project aside, but keep > thinking about making one optimized for FreeBSD instead. > > If there is several people interested in that, I would be willing to make a > design and manufacture them in medium volumes, a little like OEM hardware. > I was thinking about using maybe a AMD SC520 (133 mhz 486), 2 or 3 ethernet > ports, 8-32 Mbyte dram, boot/bios flash and compact flash socket. If people > wants VPN, I could make room for a hardware crypto chip. > > If we need more power, a NatSemi Geode GX1 (200-300 mhz 486+) could also be a > possibiliy. That's the processor used on the other board, a customer design. Or > even a K6-2+, but I would prefer to keep power and cost down. > > > Let me know if there is any interest. > > > Regards, > > > Soren Kristensen > > Morgan Hill, CA. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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