little boxes [was: DECtop]

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>

| Here's a most interesting "microscopic PC" product; it's a bit wimpy
| (128MB RAM, 10GB disk), but it is cheap ($100 USD) and vanishingly
| small...
| https://store.dataevolution.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DT%2D7001
| 
| Could be pretty attractive as a non-server box...

I'm a sucker for little boxes.

What is missing that I'd like:

- serial port (usb + dongle would do, except for "serial console")

- more ethernet

- HD expansion?

They probably take more power than non-x86 little boxes.


The neat little-box deal today (and only today) is at www.Woot.com: they 
are selling the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet for US$129.00 + US$5.00 shipping 
(to the US only).  Impressive screen. Obvious problem: the only 
memory expansion is RS-MMC.


In theory wireless routers are great cheap hackable boxes.  Some even
come with USB2.0.
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