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

[Philip Trickett]

On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 11:39, Liam Bedford wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 10:21, Philip Trickett wrote:
> > 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
> > Basically, same as old EPIA, except support for DDR RAM and better DVD
> > support, with firewire and a floppy interface.
> > 
> but xterms don't need DVD support or DDR RAM. They don't even need hard
> drives. As long as they can run an Xserver :)
> 
> L.
> -- 
> Liam Bedford <lbedford at lbedford.org>

OK, I was just pointing it out, as someone might find it useful!
He mightfind the video performace better on 2D as the DDR RAM will allow
a greater bandwidth for the on-board video.

Better?

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