[XCSSA] Geek-Sat Alert: Linux thin client for $20 at AlGen Computer

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	I had an E-machines like Matt's but it burned up. I like the fact
that it is expandable and has a mini PCMCIA slot and USB.  I really want
one.
John Rogers

MSN mrjrogers@hotmail.com ICQ#70114713 


-----Original Message-----
From: xcssa-admin@xcssa.org [mailto:xcssa-admin@xcssa.org] 
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 3:32 PM
To: xcssa@xcssa.org
Subject: Re: [XCSSA] Geek-Sat Alert: Linux thin client for $20 at AlGen
Computer

Let me seal the deal for you...

I opened it up, and here's what I saw:

1 64MB DIMM, PC100 CL3 (probably doesn't need to be CL3).  I suspect you can

go to to 256MB with no problem here.  I've got a bunch of RAM laying around,

so this is great.

1 64MB SanDisk CF Card.  Easily removable and replacable with whatever you 
want.  But that's a hell of a lot when you consider what fits on a 50MB mini

CD distro.

1 Mini PCI slot, presumably for a modem or wireless card?  I don't know what

you can find for that, don't know anything about it.

Geode CPU, no heat sink or fan.  32MB of surface mounted RAM.  And the SIS 
video chip.  Those were the only obvious components of note.

I suspect you can run Windows 98 on this thing, but it's only a 233MHz chip 
with MMX extensions.  I would love an alternate OS that supports wireless, 
but it looks like I'm probably going to be fighting with wlan-ng tonight.

Nick

xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
> crap..   now I really want one.. :P
> 
> FIRESTORM_v1
> 
> On 8/4/05, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org <xcssa-admin@xcssa.org> wrote:
> 
>>Thanks, I eventually figured it out by clicking on everything in sight ;-)
>>
>>Nice little box... also, for clarification from an earlier message, it
will
>>do 800x600 and 1024x768 at 16-bit color, 1280x1024 at 8-bit color.
>>
>>Nick
>>
>>xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
>>
>>>On Thursday 04 August 2005 01:45 pm, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I also picked up 2, but when I turned one on it automatically opened a
>>>>TN3270 and tried to connect to AS400.RBFCU.ORG.  Nice.  How'd you get to
a
>>>>bash prompt?
>>>>Nick
>>>
>>>
>>>Minimize the terminal emulator.
>>>
>>>Lower right and the system load indicator pops up.
>>>
>>>Double click on the load indicator and a bash terminal pops up.
>>>
>>>Type "IBMSetup" and enter the password i4got.
>>>
>>>Have fun.
>>>
>>>Tweeks
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