[ILUG] cheap pcs (Was Lindows Based Walmart pcs)

[Philip Trickett]

On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 19:41, Ronan Cunniffe wrote:

> 
> Via EPIA 5000 + GA610 case for about 110 stg ex VAT
> 
> The board is a passively cooled (soldered on!) Via C3 533 with onboard NIC,
> graphics, shite audio, 2 x IDE, -no floppy-, 1 x PCI slot, 2 x SDRAM 100/133
> slots.  Just add memory and drives.  Supposed to be linux compatible out of the
> box....
> 
> I'm getting two of them as VPN firewall router things.  If everything works out,
> then I'm getting a shedload more as sub-250-euro *silent* (nearly) xterms... :-)
> 
> Anybody heard anything good/bad about these?
> 
> Ronan

For the xterms, you might want to consider:
http://mini-itx.com/link.asp?site=www.viavpsd.com/product/epia_m_spec.jsp?motherboardId=81

Reviews:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=50&page=1

http://mini-itx.com/link.asp?site=www.tweakers.net/nieuws/24645

http://mini-itx.com/link.asp?site=www.viaarena.com/?PageID=187
Basically, same as old EPIA, except support for DDR RAM and better DVD
support, with firewire and a floppy interface.

http://mini-itx.com is good for information, as is http://linitx.org/

HTH,

Phil
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Philip Trickett <phil at techworks.ie>
TechWorks Marine Ltd