[OFB Cafe] To Build a RISC or Atom PC

[Timothy Butler]

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> We got our son a mini-ITX for Christmas about 3-4 years ago.  It is  
> fanless, and uses a Via CPU (C7???).  He intended to use it as the  
> core of a game machine / media center.  I don't think he ever got  
> around to doing all he wanted, but has used it as a router and  
> secondary storage site for his home lan.  I believe he had it doing  
> other "experimental" media things such as a Myth TV server,  
> streaming audio, etc.  As such, it has been in almost continuous use  
> since he got it, and the only failure was a HD wipe-out.  He says it  
> can boot off a memory stick just fine.  I can personally vouch for  
> the small size of these.  His looked like an external CDROM / DVD  
> enclosure with powersupply!  It ran Linux from the get-go just  
> fine.  In fact, I don't believe he has had anything else on it!   
> There are probably better / faster fanless machines around now...

Thanks, Don! Do you remember what brand you bought?

>
>
> He mentions that if you REALLY want to scratch an experimenter's  
> itch, look at the Arduino stuff!  http://www.arduino.cc/


	Will check it out, thanks!


	-Tim
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