Greetings..
I wouldnt mind taking one of those.. and share the
other.. My idea for it would be comparable to the
Damn Small Linux Machine.. ( check the site ) :
and find the link for the Damn Small Machine (
diskless / fanless )
What do you think ?
Mark
--- blee2@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> I recently grabbed a pair of small form-factor
> computers from work that
> we were about to throw out. They used to be part of
> an Oculan IDS system.
>
> These systems are 1.75 by 10.5 by 8.75 inches (1/2 a
> U), have a VGA video
> port, serial port, 2 USB ports, 3 network ports, and
> take a standard
> computer power cord controlled by a really cool
> capped power switch.
> Front power, HDD and network activity lights. Hard
> steel case painted
> purple.
>
> Inside they have 256 MB of PC133 laptop RAM
> (upgradable), power
> transformer, empty IDE port, smaller port connected
> to a 256 MB Compact
> Flash card, what might be an PCI daughter-board
> header, a whole bunch of
> jumpers, "reset to default" switch, small case fan
> and a couple unlabled
> headers, including ones for additional fans. Mother
> board is roughly
> 5.5 by 7.5 inches. Might be able to cram a laptop
> hard drive in the case.
>
> Apparently an i686 compatable VIA C3 553A MHz
> processor.
>
> BIOS indicates can boot from USB, console can be
> redirected to serial,
> and has more settings than I normally see.
>
> Boots "onix" linux with a 2.4.18-10 kernel from the
> flash card.
>
>
> My question to the group is, does anyone have any
> good ideas for these
> besides a firewall or IDS device?
>
> I'm definately willing to give one of these to
> someone, or both if you've
> got a really good idea.
>
> Existing Compact Flash cards WILL NOT go with these
> units if I give them away.
>
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