[plug] Low cost Embedded x86 Boards.

[Dion]

>>
>> Obviously I need hardware thats linux supported.  But I only really 
>> need two ethernet ports, one serial port, one ide socket and a 
>> pentium class cpu like the Amd Elan and either an so-dimm socket or 
>> around 64 meg ram.
>>
>> Anyone had any experience with this sort of thing??
>
>
> Yep.. Buy a mini-ITX, you will save a packet.
>
> the so-dimm style of units are expensive, sourced over seas only and 
> need a relatively expensive base board.
> I bought a few of them a while ago for an R&D project but in the end 
> found it much more cost effective to pick up a mini-ITX board with 12v 
> PSU and build a CF->IDE adaptor.
>
> Regards,
> Brad

Thanks for the feedback Brad.  I was beginning to see the mini-itx units 
as the most cost effective also.  Just seems like a large waste of a 500 
- 800 Mhz cpu.  Oh well, maybe I can run an RC5-72 client in the background.

Cheers.
D.


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