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Re: Single Board Computer


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: Re: Single Board Computer
  • From: "andy_powell_is" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:15:02 -0000
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Andy,

For the OS you could use a DiskOnChip ... you can get IDE interfaces
for them so the OS sees it as a normal disk... This would keep the
noise down and be pretty quick.

Andy (not talking to myself btw!)



--- In ukha_d@y..., "Andy Laurence" <andylaurence@y...>
wrote:
> > <SNIP>
> >
> > True, but I was thinking of a PC Chips board which has on-board
TV-Out and
> > 5.1 surrond and a C3 processor which'll run fanless.
> >
> > Or just 128MB RAM and a tiny HDD for OS only to stream from the
server,
> and
> > have something smaller and quieter!
> >
> > </SNIP>
> >
> > Andy : Your above points are exactly the reason I want to go the
SBC route
> > as apposed to the Rio.  Do you have a web site for the above spec
SBC??
> This
> > sounds ideal for me if the price is right ;-)
>
> It's just a standard ATX motherboard.  You can buy it at
ebuyer.com ... see
> the links at
> http://www.andylaurence.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pcbmms/hardware.html
>
> The C3 chip I mention is available from
http://www.cclcomputers.co.uk
and
> can run fanless.  I'd suggest getting the 866MHz version as it is
faster and
> cooler.
>
> Andy
> --
> PC-Based Multimedia System
> http://www.andylaurence.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pcbmms
>
>
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