[Xastir] how do I?

[Gerry Creager N5JXS]

Does the X-box have a readily accessible serial port?  the Soekris does...


Curt Mills, WE7U wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Gerry Creager N5JXS wrote:
> 
> 
>>Adding an element of practicality, Best Buy EMachines deals are often
>>able to provide a smokin' computer for $400; systems from mini-itx.com
>>or Soekris can do the job, as well.  In fact, for $200, the Soekris
>>(www.soekris.com) systems are pretty nice.  I'm looking at several
>>(hundred!) for the Texas Mesonet project as embedded data collectors and
>>preprocessors.
>>
>>While the app name escapes me, there's a daemon available to
>>transmogrify serial data into a tcp stream.  Hmmm.  Multicast stream?
>>No, guess not.  Most of the carriers and ISPs aren't ready for that!
> 
> 
> Can't you buy a MS X-Box for $175 or so and use that?  You can boot
> Linux from CD and have a small self-contained Linux box for putting
> at a remote site.  Just an idea.
> 
> There are probably smaller/cheaper alternatives as well.
> 

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