[Xastir-Dev] Re: Package or not?

[Gerry Creager N5JXS]

Mini-ITX.  Just build one up.  4.5A 12vDC.  2 fans on the case, 
theoretically not needed.  Chip runs not greater than 140 deg F 
according to telemetry.  In a 100 deg F lab.  1 Serial, 1 parallel, 
SVideo, RCA video, VGA, 4 USB 2.0, 1 1394 FireWire.  Small footprint. 
Available at Fry's Electronics.

Via Chipset motherboard.  Uses a Via processor, mine's a 600 Celeron 
equivalent but they also have 900 and 1.1 GHz stuff.

www.mini-itx.org

gerry

Curt Mills, WE7U wrote:
> On Fri, 16 May 2003, Jack Twilley wrote:
> 
> 
>>>>>>>"Curt" == Curt Mills <Curt> writes:
>>
>>Curt> You mean like the latest Sharp Zaurus that fits in your pocket,
>>Curt> has a 640x480 color LCD display, and runs Linux?  That's what
>>Curt> I'm gunning for.  Someday.
>>
>>That'd be a great way for hiking hams to take xastir into the woods.
>>What I'm thinking about is the kind of thing that would fit in well
>>with ad-hoc EOCs.  Something analogous to an Xstation.  I have an old
>>NEC Xstation -- all it needs is a monitor, a keyboard, a mouse, and an
>>Ethernet connection to a device that can provide it with a bootfile,
>>and it's good to go.  A small box that runs on car batteries and has a
>>plug for video, sound (for direct radio connection), serial (for TNC
>>connection) and USB (keyboard, mouse, Ethernet, future expansion) that
>>boots off of Compact Flash.  No moving parts, low maintenance, easy
>>upgrades, inexpensive.  That's what I'm gunning for.
> 
> 
> Yea.  That's what I want in my Jeep and in our comms truck for SAR,
> with a touch-screen.
> 
> PC-104 stack with compact flash for a drive would do it.  They even
> have PC-104 VGA and SoundBlaster cards available.  Have a PC-104
> 386EX and a PC-104 VGA card sitting here on my desk.
> 

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