$80 IS tempting.... kevin
--- Greg Kreis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin Toppenberg wrote: > > >How much do these boxes run? > > > $80.... ;-) > > > If they aren't quite > >cheap, I don't see the point. I repleat with old > >harware (i.e. devices with a few GB drives) that > could > >be used for a similar process--without having to > >defeat the original purpose of the hardware. > > > > > > > If they had more RAM, it seems it would be really > slick. But MUMPS and > Linux don't need much RAM.... ;-) > > >Not to say that the device doesn't look super cool, > >and it would be a cool hack. Kind of like getting > >vista to run on an XBox. > > > > > > > Right. Coolness is the main point. Imagine pulling > out this little > tike, attach a notebook drive in an external USB 2.0 > case and demo CPRS > from a client... ;-) Frankly, though, you would > probably kill the > 'sale' since it would be viewed as a 'toy'. So... > best to keep it > amongst the diehard faithful.... ;-) > > >kdtop > > > > > >--- Greg Kreis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>Okay, folks, here is some red meat for the WV > >>meeting coming up in > >>October... hack this thing to run VistA on an > >>attached Flash drive or > >>a USB 2.0 external harddrive..... ;-) > >> > >>Google turned up a community forming around it... > >>Linux geeks love > >>hardware! ;-) > >> > >>http://www.batbox.org/nslu2-linux.html > >>http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Sections-article85.php > >>http://www.rwhitby.net/nslu2/boot-sequence.html > >> > >> > >> > >http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/04/08/18/031228.shtml?tid=222&tid=198&tid=156&tid=1&tid=218 > > > > > >>-- > >>Greg Kreis Pioneer Data Systems, > >>Inc. > >>http://www.PioneerDataSys.com - VistA Training and > >>Consulting > >> > >>"Genius is childhood recaptured at will." (Charles > >>Baudelaire) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >>This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic > >>Workshop > >>FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! > >>Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 > >>today. > >> > >> > >> > >http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click > > > > > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Hardhats-members mailing list > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > >http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic > Workshop > >FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! > >Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 > today. > >http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click > >_______________________________________________ > >Hardhats-members mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > > > > > -- > Greg Kreis Pioneer Data Systems, > Inc. > http://www.PioneerDataSys.com - VistA Training and > Consulting > > "Genius is childhood recaptured at will." (Charles > Baudelaire) > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
