DECtop

[Ansar Mohammed]

Agreed.

Typically you'd have to fork over $300 to get something this small.

I bought a mini-iTX box from casetronic that cost much more
specifically because it was small and quiet.

On 6/24/07, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On 6/24/07, Sy Ali <sy1234-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On 6/24/07, Sy Ali <sy1234-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > A HDD with a locked boot sector, which apparently must be replaced to
> > > do any real Linux installation.
> >
> > http://jsco.org/dectop/
> >
> > quote: This has been resolved! I tried using the manual partition
> > editor during installation, and it worked. Unfortunately, since the
> > drive is now unlocked, I can't go back and test exactly what it was
> > that made the difference. Thanks to Paul Chin for showing that it
> > could be done!
> >
> > Cool.
>
> Yeah, I was aware of this already.  Yes, it's known to be able to run
> Linux without too much in the way of heroics.
>
> USB 1.1 is admittedly not ideal, but the fact that they are actually
> selling (USD) $100 computers proves it can be done, as distinct from
> merely talking about the idea.
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