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

[Gustav Kramer]

You may want to check the bios settings, if it's a newer board chances
are it supports PXE.  If it does, it's just a matter of telling it to
boot off the lan and let LTSP do the rest!


 On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 07:24, Sean Flynn wrote:
> 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 wouldnt 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 things 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 buildings 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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