Hi Tom, >> ...the board format does not matter much. >> It's the CPU model/generation that matters. > > NOT. AT. ALL. > > each Intel/AMD CPU produced the last 20 years is able > to execute the same way that the previous versions did.
The point is that everything which is remotely similar to a Raspberry Pi uses ARM style CPU, but the SIZE and COST of Raspberry Pi (Thomas has mentioned Asus Tinker Board as example) are obviously tempting. It would be nice to have a non-ARM, x86 compatible hardware in that range. So I would like to hear whether single board computers in similar size and price (not PC/104 price level) with x86 compatible CPU exist and which of them can be recommended by people here. Of course we can always buy x86 Mini-ITX with even a single normal size PCIe or PCI slot and many good old interfaces, but that would be a LOT larger than Raspberry style. With Nano- or Pico-ITX, even SATA becomes less common. Might not be a problem if the on-board M.2 or mSATA slot of other boards is what you want, but if you want to recycle existing 2.5 inch drives, SATA would be nice. I could name a number of other interfaces, but I am mainly interested to hear what YOU people have been using in the category of tiny, affordable x86 computers :-) Cheers, Eric PS: While Thomas does not want sound, of course I am also interested about variants with sound, maybe even ISA Sound Blaster compatible sound. > Ah, thanks, Frank. I don’t need sound, I actually don’t WANT sound > (and no fans) > > Th. > _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
