Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 23:31:43 -0600 From: dreamwvr <dreamwvr@dreamwvr.com> To: chad@DCFinc.com, "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>, dirkx@webweaving.org (Dirk-Willem van Gulik) Cc: dreamwvr@dreamwvr.com, chip@eboai.org, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netpliance Iopener Message-ID: <00041123360504.00722@loki.dyn.ez-ip.net> In-Reply-To: <200004120500.WAA07692@freeway.dcfinc.com> References: <200004120500.WAA07692@freeway.dcfinc.com>
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hi,
now your going the route that i would like to see.. through so
if someone can locate the builder so i can contact them i will
maybe do this exact thing.. but i would need help i would
send one to 3 areas.. open *bsd projects that i appreciate and
would like to see benefit. the others i would sell once i got it
figured out that is .. since i am far from mr.hardware this could
be quite challenging but i am willing to give it a try..
Best Regards,
dreamwvr@dreamwvr.com
>
> Get a loan, order the couple of hundred with the same feature-set
> (USB, 800x600 LCD, microphone, V.90 modem, Yamaha sound, etc.).
>
> Put a FreeBSD install floppy set into the flash memory, so it can do
> a network install via dial-up PPP or the parallel-port IP. Sell
> them here, or through the BSD Mall, or on the net, or via e-bay for
> whatever you have to pay for them plus, say, 10 percent.
>
> Seriously. Worse case investment is 200 units times $500 = a
> hunnert grand. If you can, indeed, sell them for cost + 10, you
> make 10 thousand bucks, which should surely cover a couple of
> weekends putting together the flash RAM image you'd need.
>
> Then, there's the service bureau. Make sure the image on the flash
> is always able to do another net install. Put a modem on a FreeBSD
> box at your house, offer up images with as many different feature
> sets as you can imagine (X terminal, web browser, etc.) and let
> folks fetch them for a fee.
>
> Or, see how much the manufacturer would nick you to replace the
> flash with a real hard drive and sell them as a pseudo-laptop for
> folks who only need a minimalist computer and don't have much room.
> College kids and the like. Current lap-tops are =too= capable (and
> consequently expensive) for the needs of a lot of folks.
>
> Get a quote, then check back here for your early market survey...
>
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