From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Mar 27 12:29: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mail.infolibria.com (mail.infolibria.com [12.30.17.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 731B437B718 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 12:29:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pmarquis@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (gw.infolibria.com [12.30.17.254]) by mail.infolibria.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A46E15CC05; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 15:26:23 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3AC0F816.88C9CF31@pobox.com> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 15:29:10 -0500 From: Paul Marquis X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wes Peters Cc: Len Conrad , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on BookPC References: <5.0.0.25.0.20010326193810.023cab10@mail.Go2France.com> <3AC0F1ED.C66A25E3@softweyr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Can an end user buy a Sahara/Safari or do you have to be an OEM? If I have to be an OEM, where can an individual purchase one? Wes Peters wrote: > Len Conrad wrote: > > > > >The FIC "Safari Premium" is about the same size, > > >but much more reliable hardware. > > > > Wes, > > > > Have you looked at their box: > > > > http://www.fic.com.tw/systems/slim/sahara3810/sahara3810feat.asp > > > > It's 2U x 19". > > > > One could shelve 5 of them thin side up in a 19" rack. > > Yeah, we have a couple of Sahara's around here too. The Safari is > cheaper and smaller, and uses a Socket 7 processor -- we use K6-2s, > which are now dirt cheap. The Safaris we have are quite reliable > as well. > > We have several of the Genesis boxes as well, booting from > CompactFlash. The newer ones have the IDE header populated, which > helps in stuffing a small disk drive (2.5" x 7mm) inside the box, > though heat might be a problem. > > http://www.fica.com/products/ia/ia.stm > > The Aqua (web pad) hasn't been released yet. I can't wait to get > my hands on that. Finally, the BathroomBrowser(tm)! > > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message -- Paul Marquis pmarquis@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message