Small PC that runs Linux?

[Brian Densmore]

Well, there would certainly have to be some software work done on this.
After all, you're talking about a custom box running a custom kernel. We
could burn a couple of EPROM's. I have some lying around, but they wouldn't
be good enough for what you want to do. Do you plan on doing the artwork,
too? We'd be talking surface mount here, probably 4 layer pcb minimum. Or
are you talking about getting one of the existing SBC's? How small is small?
4"x4"x2"?

Sounds interesting, could be useful for networking a house and maybe a few
'bots too, and the car and a portable monitoring device, and ...!

Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Hammitt [mailto:tony at speedscript.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 4:47 PM
> To: Bradley Miller
> Cc: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Re: Small PC that runs Linux?
> 
> 
> Now _this_ should be the LUG project =-]
> 
> I can see a real need for a _very_ small bridge/router/modem/firewall
> combo that runs Linux and can support SSH connections as well as NAT.
> 
> There are things like the CerfCube that look promising but still need
> a lot of work.
> 
> There was a /. article the other day referencing:
> 
> http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2016997232.html
> 
> that has lots of small linux systems.  Some are quite expensive...
> 
> Anyway, I'd rather do a hardware project than software, I get sick
> of software after work...
> 
> Later,
> 	Tony
> 
> 
> Bradley Miller wrote:
> > 
> > At 04:21 PM 8/13/01 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Any one know why rackmount chassis are so expensive? I 
> mean generally you
> > >pay =less= money for things that have less material, 
> right? Anyone know
> > >where to get these things at a reasonable price (as in cheap)?
> > >
> > >Brian
> > 
> > You reach a point where price vs. density starts to soar, 
> especially if
> > it's not a mass produced type item.  Your best bet is 
> looking towards the
> > embedded PC's that are about the size of a cigarette box.   
> I've been
> > researching a few for a project I want to do -- again costs 
> vs. quanitity
> > is killer here.  I can get 486 type boards for $100 I 
> believe, in quantitiy
> > . . . and $??? for Pentium boards.   For my project I would probably
> > prototype with regular sized PC/components for 
> demonstration of principle
> > (using Linux as my OS) and then have a product mock-up of 
> what it would
> > look like in the final form.
> > 
> > Now I just need a bank or investors . . . .
> > 
> > -- Bradley Miller
> > 
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