[K12OSN] This $5 motherboard and processor - good for K12LTSP?

[Sean Flynn]

I put a Win98SE system together yeterday using this motherboard and it works 
great. I can try testing it out as an XTerm but I'm not sure which bootrom 
to use for the embedded NIC device. Seems it would defeat the purpose if you 
can't use the on board NIC and sound.


----Original Message Follows----
From: "Terrell Prude', Jr." <microman at cmosnetworks.com>
Reply-To: k12osn at redhat.com
To: k12osn at redhat.com
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] This $5 motherboard and processor - good for K12LTSP?
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 21:15:16 -0500

Yes, you can indeed run them fanless, but your heatsink should be pretty 
huge, and you should have at least minimal airflow through the case.  The 
1GHz version uses about 12W full-tilt, and, of course, they wouldn´t be 
running at full-tilt in thin-client mode.  They are not really geared to go 
up against the Pentium III or Celeron desktop chips; their market is laptops 
and other low-power applications, kind of like Transmeta.  That said, their 
oomph/watt ratio is really impressive.

http://www20.tomshardware.com/cpu/20020605/index.html

This thing´s actually got enough oomph to make a decent stand-alone box.  
Remembering that a Pentium-133 is already overkill for an Xterm, these would 
be way over the top for the horsepower we would need, all the while not 
sucking up all the building´s power.  Useful for places like California.  
:-)

--TP

Crouse-K12LTSP6088 at mailblocks.com wrote:

>How about a 1.3GHz C3 board+chip combo with integrated sound, network, and
>video for $5 after rebate?
>
>   
>http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?Edpno=146907
>
>
>FROM THE PAGE ABOVE :
>PRICE:
>$59.99
>LESS REBATE:
>- $54.99
>FINAL PRICE:
>$5.00*
>Compare at: $89.99 Save $84.99
>
>Quantity
>
>Usually ships within 7 - 14 Days
>
>*Price after a $54.99 mail-in rebate. Expires on 02/28/2004.
>Rebate limited to 1 per household.
>
>http://www.tigerdirect.com/sectors/Rebates/PDFs/s452-1001,1002,2000-feb.pdf
>
>
>shows you have 30 days from the DATE OF PUCHASE to get it postmarked.
>
>-------------------------------
>
>Here are some numbers taken from Sandra, CPU airthmetic benchmark
>
>VIA C3 1GHz 64L2: ALU 1229 MIPS, FPU 352 MFLOPS.
>Intel Celeron 600MHz 128L2: ALU 1620 MIPS, FPU 804 MFLOPS.
>
>---------  supposed to be able to run it fanless ???  Not an overly 
>impressive processor....but for $5  :)
>
>Just thought I'd post it in case anyone wanted to try it out.......  or 
>maybe we could have a rebatefest and 30 or 40 of us order them for one 
>school ???  I'd donate $5  :)   Just a thought.
>
>Dave Crouse
>www.usalug.org
>
>
>
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