From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 10 09:14:12 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85E6716A4B3 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:14:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2FF143FBF for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:14:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) id h9AGE9C6038662; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 11:14:09 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 11:14:09 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: "C. Kukulies" Message-ID: <20031010161409.GA77306@dan.emsphone.com> References: <200310101417.h9AEHb4n025071@www.kukulies.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200310101417.h9AEHb4n025071@www.kukulies.org> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: smallest piece of hardware that runs *BSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:14:12 -0000 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