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Date:      Fri, 10 Oct 2003 11:14:09 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        "C. Kukulies" <kuku@www.kukulies.org>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: smallest piece of hardware that runs *BSD?
Message-ID:  <20031010161409.GA77306@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <200310101417.h9AEHb4n025071@www.kukulies.org>
References:  <200310101417.h9AEHb4n025071@www.kukulies.org>

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In the last episode (Oct 10), C. Kukulies said:
> 1990: In ten years, computers will just be bumps in cables. (Gordon Bell)
> 
> Remember that quote?
> 
> Now, we are not far from that. I'm thinking of some CPU with TP Ethernet
> and memory of size of an USB stick. Anyone knowing such or having
> experience? 

Lantronix's XPort product is definitely in your size range (embedded
management device built into an rj45 jack), but I don't believe you can
put just any OS on it, though.  It runs on a custom 16-bit 80186 CPU.

http://www.lantronix.com/products/eds/xport/index.html

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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