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

Mon Feb 23 21:52:30 UTC 2004

Don't know anything about those mobos, but all the mini-mobos I've seen 
have a PCI slot in 'em. These days, I see a lot of computers with 
built-in NICs, and I virtually always throw in a 3Com 3C905 card (we've 
pretty much standardized on those, so we have lots) in there just for 
consistency, even though I know it already has one built-in. This way, I 
need *one* boot floppy type. Helps when one goes bad, or a boot floppy 
"disappears", etc.

--TP

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 
> 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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