On 10/13/07, Paul Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone out there used this one? http://www.fit-pc.com/ > > It got a good writeup at ExtremeTech, and aside from the hard drive (from > the forums, it looks possible to replace it with a IDE to CF adapter, and > probably cut the power requirement further, not to mention increase it's > durability), it looks like a perfect small Asterisk box. At $285, it's also > a steal. > > I'm debating picking one up, but I'd love to know what the general group > think is on it. Most of the specs look compatible with the 4801- but the > advantages (aside from a small price benefit) are that it has a VGA output > (useful for console or even operator capability), and the 5W power draw > (which means it could easily be powered by PoE). It's short a couple of > Ethernet ports- but I've not come up with too many uses beyond the 2 on the > Soekris boxes I generally use, and it adds a second external USB port, > making it more capable for backups and general I/O. Obviously, no PCI slot, > so it would be harder to make it host a T1 or other card- but the CPU > doesn't really have the power for that anyway (like the soekris 4801). > > Thoughts? > > -pbd >
Paul, I haven't looked at the hardware yet but I did notice that there is $40 shipping to the US (presumably with a long delay), bringing the total to more like $325. That's still pretty good but I wish were a little more upfront about it. Again, without knowing the hardware a good image to start with is geni586. It will probably work just fine. -- Kristian Kielhofner ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
