On Wed, 2006-01-03 at 19:13 -0500, Terry Snyder wrote:
On 3/1/06, Jean-Rene Cormier <jrc(a)jrcormier.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 09:28 -0500, taharka wrote:
> > How do,
> >
> > Feb. 28, 2006
> >
> > Acme Systems is shipping a Penguin-shaped case for a tiny SBC
> > (single-board computer) powered by an innovative MCM (multi-chip module)
> > that runs Linux. The 6.7-inch tall, 30-Euro "Tux Case" houses the
> > company's "Acme Fox," a 2.6 x 2.8-inch, 100-Euro, RISC-based
board with
> > Ethernet and dual-USB interfaces, and surface-mount connectors for other
> > I/O.
> >
> > Full article at;
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3880195342.html
>
> Kinda cool! If I can find something to do with it and I'm buying one. If
> at least it had 2 ethernet port it could be used as a router...
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It looks like a good system for a router if it had two network ports,
but where is the monitor port if it is to be used as a basic computer?
After checking it out, it looks like a cool little unit.
One of there device servers has two Ethernet ports, the
second port is actually a USB Ethernet adaptor on the
board, which would be OK as a WAN port since most DSL
and Cable modems only support up to 10 Mbps.
I have been doing some hobby robotics, and have been
finding that working with most micro-controllers takes
a lot of time and effort. Since these run Linux and
can be programmed using C, they are a much niftier
solution for me. With these babies I could just use
the micro-controllers for I/O data collection and
device control, and leave the processing and storage
to the MCM. Since the have Ethernet, I could network
them for more advanced projects.
Thanks for the info, I'll have to hunt one of these babies
down. Hmm... in the next episode; Armies of robo-tux drones
lay Redmond asunder, as Bill Gates quivers under his desk.
Thinkin' happy thoughts as I go.