[wellylug] Broadband

[Phillip Hutchings]

On 12/08/2004, at 10:05 PM, Tony Wills wrote:

> At 21:00 12/08/04 +1200, Michael wrote:
>> Tony Wills writes:
>> ...
>> >Why buy?
>>
>> (1) Power[0].
>> (2) Noise[1].
>> (3) Space[1].
>> (4) Reliability (no moving parts! -- and I include floppy disks in 
>> that).
>> ...
>> [0] And therefore running cost.
>>
>> [1] And therefore running cost of a different sort, involving the 
>> wife,
>>     and her being pleased about the extra room in the study.
>
> 1) Difficult for a PC to beat admittedly, but $98 buys you a couple of 
> years of power for a 50W device
> 2) Doesn't have to be a problem (no hdd, no cpu fan, slow PSU fan)
> 3) Difficult for a PC to beat, but can be very unobtrusive (slimline 
> case, no monitor/keyboard etc)
> 4) Only moving part really is PSU fan (run that at low speed for low 
> noise and long life)
> On coyote the floppy is only used at boot (system runs from a ram 
> disk), so once a year maybe ;-)
>

Via EPIA systems that use EDEN CPUs make all those things. The current 
one is the EPIA TC6000 
(http://www.ascent.co.nz/mn-product-spec.asp?pid=182391), dual 
ethernet, fanless design, 17cmx17cm. Just get an IDE->CF adaptor and a 
fanless ATX PSU (they exist) and you're set.

Power consumption: MB only ~18W idle, ~25W full load
Noise: None with fanless (70W) PSU
Space: Mine's in a silver box that's ~30x30x10cm, but you can go 
smaller.
Reliability: Great so far, fully Linux compatible ;)
--
Phillip Hutchings
sitharus at sitharus.com
http://www.sitharus.com/
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