Cheap PCs from Wal-Mart

[Gerry Creager N5JXS]

I've got a Via Epia Mini-ITX board I've gotten for another project.  We 
loaded RH 9 via PXE-Boot (with particular thanks to RGB!), as in, a 
normal install rather than diskless boot.  Works great.  I've got the 
slowest, equivalent to a 600 MHz Celeron, but that's all I needed for 
this project... in fact, overkill.

Runs pretty cool, even with just the 2 puny little case fans, and can be 
driven off a 12v Wall Wart (?tm?; should I trade mark it?  no...) at 
less than 5a.  The wart I have is rated for 4.5a, but I've not measured 
it yet.

Built-on sound, video, USB, 1394, ethernet, and video out.

gerry


Mike Eggleston wrote:
> On Thu, 29 May 2003, Robert wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hello
>>
>>these guys make small foot print 1U rackmountable low powered units and 
>>they can also be wall mounted, real cool units for clusters for starter's.
>>
>>http://www.ironsystems.com/products/iservers/aclass/a110_low_power.htm for 
>>$499..
> 
> 
> I had not read of the Via chips and had been planning to use the AMD Athlon
> chips. Are the via chips ok? Will they run linux/mosix ok? Any specific
> thoughts about them?
> 
> Mike
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