From owner-freebsd-small Thu Jan 31 10:40:25 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from jupiter.linuxengine.net (jupiter2.linuxengine.net [209.61.188.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 272AC37B430 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 10:39:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from jupiterweb.commercevault.com (jupiterweb.commercevault.com [209.61.179.16] (may be forged)) by jupiter.linuxengine.net (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g0VIdmv15651; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 12:39:48 -0600 Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 12:39:48 -0600 (CST) From: John Utz X-X-Sender: john@jupiter.linuxengine.net To: Chris Dillon Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Somewhat OT: Small networked PC In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG stuff an ASUS CUSI-FX in a flexATX case from casedge. or some other flexATX board in a case from some other flexATX case manufacturer. google for flexATX or legacy free or BookPC. works plenty good at my house. On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Chris Dillon wrote: > > The recent discussion of the NatSemi Geode systems reminded me that I > needed to look for some small, cheap PCs that would be used to run a > very simple Windows application that just sits on the network looking > for something to do until it comes along. They don't have to be much: > 64MB to 128MB system memory, at least a 486-class CPU, a network > interface, and a pccard or CF slot, possibly even an IDE interface. > Keyboard/mouse/VGA would be optional if I can get Windoze (either 98SE > or NT4) to run fine without them. The Soekris net4501 would be ideal, > in that case. Anyone know of any other relatively inexpensive > hardware that would do this? Most of the PC/104 stuff is out, since > its pretty expensive. Even some kind of pizzabox super-micro-ATX > solution would be fine. > > > -- > Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net > FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet > - Available for IA32 (Intel x86) and Alpha architectures > - IA64, PowerPC, UltraSPARC, and ARM architectures under development > - http://www.freebsd.org > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message > -- John L. Utz III john@utzweb.net Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message