>>>>> "Steven" == Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Steven> On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 13:13, Jon Pounder wrote: >> speaking of VIA - has anyone on the list looked at or used these ? >> http://www.mini-itx.com/store/default.asp?c=2¤cy=2 >> >> various collection of via based boards and cases and other goodies >> that go along with them. >> >> They are cheap enough they could work as either an asterisk server >> (diskless or with disk), or as phone platforms themselves.
Steven> I was just looking at them since someone has built a mini Steven> distro to make one of these devices into a MythTV front end. I Steven> could see spending $200 per TV in my house to front them with Steven> these little boxes and then fill a couple machines up in a rack Steven> in the basement taping shows for the family. But, this is the Steven> wrong list to finish talking about this subject. I'm using the EPIA-M6000 with Asterisk. The only (serious) problem I have with it is that I'm unable to make the cards use the IRQs I want. I always get USB using the same interrupt as the X100P adapter, and the general mantra is that one should avoid that. If you know of a way to reassign interrupts in a saner manner, I'd appreciate any advice. Right now I have: 0: 8540638 XT-PIC timer 1: 1201 XT-PIC keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 10: 85365179 XT-PIC wcfxo, usb-uhci 11: 0 XT-PIC usb-uhci 14: 50857 XT-PIC ide0 15: 85732168 XT-PIC eth0, usb-uhci Otherwise, it's a fairly nice platform. You have to be careful to compile with proper flags, but otherwise it works very well. One thing: if you want to build a *quiet* PC, be careful. Many manufacturers' definitions of quiet will differ from yours. I've purchased an (overpriced) case from idot.com with a loud whining fan (louder than my PC!), which I've later exchanged for an (even more overpriced) case which still had a loud power supply fan. I ended up buying an $25 small power supply at Fry's and forcing that into the case. Obviously idot.com tests the "quietness" in a factory setting. Steven> As a phone platform, it may be overkill, but I bet it could Steven> drive a TDM400P card and be able to handle GSM compression. The Steven> question then again is if it is worth the cost for basically a Steven> 4 port asterisk based device like the ATA186? I use it with an X100P, and an S100U, with Speex and ILBC sometimes. I do have a number of problems, but they seem to be unrelated to the platform itself. --J.
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