On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Peter wrote: > you answered a lot of people about their brick answers, excepting mine. > Is that a sign of approval ? ;-)
it means that i had to investigate this further, and at first (due to incorrect usage of a pounds <=> g translation web site) i thought the current bricks were too heavy - now i realize they are not. > Again: > > http://openbrick.org/ > > has what you need. NIC, sound, PS/2, video on board, MMC/100% linux > compatible, metal case (durable), multiple sources (if they go out of > business you will not be left on the dry). the 'multiple' sources seem to be made of about 2 stores. the openbrick.org web site was last updated on 2003, so i dismissed it at first, until i went to the stores. > Clicking on 'buy' takes you to, among others: > > http://www.storever.com/ > > whose E-box seems to be what you need, at 150EUR, although a little > larger than what you want. the other store mentioned on openbrick (forgot its name) had these E-Boxes for a heaftier price. i see they have CPUs running at something between 533MHz - 800MHz - i'll need to find a way to see if they are able to run modern applications (such as open-office 2) without crawling too much. > Computers in micro ITX format in a box almost > exactly like the one shown in the openbrick.org site photo were on sale > a few years ago in Tel Aviv, through specialty computer shops. The price > was not ok (2+ x the price shown on the sites above) i saw mini-itx before, but it looks like i can easily buy hardware and build it on my own - but the cases sold are a bit too large, at least for the machines that come pre-built. > Search google with the key 'micro itx brick' and see what you find. And > maybe share it ? These have a following so: http://www.mini-itx.com/ > could begood start for reviews etc. it's "mini-itx", not "micro-itx". i wish there was a "micro-itx" ;) -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
