Justin Cormack wrote:

>>Does anyone know of a US distributor for this platform (Vias site has no 
>>specific information about Eden distributors and it appears most are 
>>either motherboard or C3 distributors, and not Eden yet)?
>>
>>And while on the subject, how about a vendor of an industrial chassis 
>>for it?
>>
> 
> We have a custom chasis building operation.


Got a link, and/or any pricing info?


>>Joop Boonen wrote:
>>
>>
>>>http://www.rolotech.com/reviews/CPU/VIA/Eden/edenp1_review.asp
>>>
> 
> It seems a bit of an odd machine - same performance as a PII233MMX except
> for 3D now. Only use I can think of is a TV set top box, with a digital
> tv card in the PCI slot. You can buy much smaller PII233MMX with no
> cooling problems in PC104, or Geodes in 3.5 inch, in lots of configurations.
> Unless it is much cheaper (under $100). If it was 4 times as fast I could
> find a use for it.

It will be much cheaper, I think...Looks like a dream come true for 
embedded box builders to me.  (We're not an embedded box builder 
historically, but I have a couple of clients who want a tiny, low power 
variant of our servers--who am I to argue with folks who are ready to 
buy?  It's just a question of finding the right hardware at the right 
price--so far it's all looking a little on the high side.)

 From what I've been able to find, the Geode 3.5" cards with ethernet 
are considerably more pricy.  The quotes I've gotten place them all over 
$250 (with CPU).  Maybe you've got a line on something cheaper?
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