[Server-devel] slim PC

[Sameer Verma]

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> I haven't looked at the specs closely, but someone at our meeting
> today brought this up.
> http://www.amazon.com/fit-PC-Slim-Linux/dp/tech-data/B001L18ED2/ref=de_a_smtd
> Any ideas? Has anyone tried it as as school server?
>
> Sameer
> --

To add a context to this machine, the target in mind is a school in
Maroantsetra, Madagascar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maroantsetra),
where we have a local group sending 12 XOs. Mesh under a tree is fine
for this setup, but they want to have a schoolserver, and this box
came up in the discussions.

The guy who will be taking this stuff with him is going to do so in
his luggage (http://thoreauscholar.org/student/scholars/golden.html),
so we are shooting for small boxes.

Amazon's page has no info on the processor, but I found more details
here (http://www.fit-pc.com/new/fit-pc-slim-specifications.html).

Hardware

CPU: AMD Geode LX800 500MHz
Chipset: AMD CS5536
Display: Integrated Geode LX display controller up to 1920x1440
Memory: 512MB DDR 333MHz soldered on-board
Hard disk: 2.5” IDE 60GB
Ports:
 RJ45 Ethernet port 100Mbps
 WLAN 802.11b/g 54Mbps
 3 x USB 2.0 HiSpeed 480Mbps
 mini RS-232 (RX/TX)
 VGA DB15
 Stereo line-out audio (headphones)
 Stereo line-in audio / Mic


Sameer
-- 
Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
http://opensource.sfsu.edu/