Though I live in Corvallis and travel to the Portland area every couple of weeks or so to see family, so I wouldn't mind ferrying it up that way for someone. They live on the east side, but I could also meet someone down near the freeway before I head east on 205 from I-5.
Erik On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Eric House <[email protected]> wrote: > First caveat: I'm in Corvallis, so you'd pick it up here or meet me at > PDX before a 6:00 am flight. > > Second, this thing is perhaps 10 years old. It's suitable for use as > a router, perhaps a server, or other special purpose but not as a > general purpose machine. I used it as a router (running LEAF) for a > couple of years, until I replaced it with a PcEngines microbox that > uses enough less power to pay for itself. > > What's cool is that it's small, about the size of a Shuttle, and built > like a tank. The mainboard includes an 8M flash module that's meant > to be its main storage, but the floppy could be replaced with a 3.5" > IDE drive. The backplane has four ISA slots in addition to the two > occupied by the main board. > > Hmmm. Turns out it, or something very close, is still available: > > http://www.advantech.com/products/IPC-6806/mod_1-2JKFUC.aspx > > It's very similar to the two on the left, but does not have USB. > > Free to anybody who thinks it's worth the trouble.... > > --Eric > -- > ****************************************************************************** > * From the desktop of: Eric House, [email protected] * > * "Apple is beyond proprietary, and [consumers have] no idea that they * > * are checking into the roach motel" -- Scott McNealy * > ****************************************************************************** > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
