On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:00:09 -0400, Kristian Kielhofner wrote: >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).
I think I'll stick with my H-P T5700 thin client. These can be found on Ebay for around $150. Also, the expansion chasis ($25 on Ebay) allows for one PCI card if necessary. The only down sides thus far are USB 1.1 ports and only one NIC. I've used the PCI expansion option to add a USB 2.0 card & external storage in order to use one as a NAS running FreeNAS. Michael -- Michael Graves mgraves<at>mstvp.com o713-861-4005 c713-201-1262 sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] skype mjgraves fwd 54245 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
