On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Brian wrote:
> On Tue, July 2, 2002, "Scott Hess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm very interested in this type of product (meaning "Really small box
> > that's essentially a complete PC, without having to build an
> > enclosure"). Here's a unit which I'm looking at (but, unfortunately,
> > have yet to receive info on):
> >
> > http://www.advantech.com/products/Model_Detail.asp?model_id=1-8089T&bu=
> >
> > In case that doesn't work, select Network Computing/Network Appliances
> > from the products popup, then Firewall Platforms.
>
> Now that is pretty slick. If you find out how much it costs let us all
> know.
Finally got info back:
$500 FWA-200 (barebones box)
$ 64 Celeron 566
$ 36 128MB SODIMM
$ 54 64MB Compact Flash Card
$ 35 Wiring kit (not certain what this means, since there isn't anything
to wire)
$ 80 Installation, test, burn-in
----
$769 Ouch!
That's about $300 above where I'm willing to consider it. Maybe you could
save $60 buying the commodity components yourself, and another $80 by
doing your own burn-in, but since most of the money is in the box, that
doesn't get you far... they did say that orders of 10 or more can get a 5%
discount.
[I can throw out a recommendation for the company, though. A number of
years back I bought a POS system from them for use as a router. it was
pretty small for the time, while still allowing me to stuff in a standard
hard drive and two or three standard PCI or ISA cards. It's long since
bit the dust, though, I'm sure some would say _because_ I used a standard
hard drive and the like :-).]
Later,
scott
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