Low-power Linux-based CPU PC?

[nmeyers at javalinux.net]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 09:28:55AM -0500, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> I would like to have a Linux/Windows-capable PC running at home 24/7 which
> would also be connected to my Linksys broadband router, which, in turn, is
> connected to my cable modem.  The catch, though, is I don't want to spend
> the extra money for electricity a desktop PC would consume in power.
> Thus, I was thinking of a cheap Crusoe, Intel, or AMD box which would
> consume very few amps, and could possibly be fully powered from a 12 v DC
> source (I have a regulated DC power supply at home).

Perhaps you want to look in the embedded systems market - see this
URL for some leads:

  http://www.linuxdevices.com/

If all you want to do is save power, the market is full of low-power
PCs - they're called laptops and notebooks. You won't save money,
though... it'll take a few hundred lifetimes worth of saved electricity
to amortize the purchase price.

Nathan

> A few years ago, I worked part time at a small company when an employee
> brought in a modular, handheld Intel-based PC, CPU-only.   It had all
> needed ports - for video, mouse, keyboard, etc.  I presume it could have
> been DC-power capable, but I forget the company that made it.
> 
> The solution would need Ethernet capability, or at least a PCMCIA slot.  I
> have an Ethernet PCMCIA card.
> 
> Thanks for any leads.
> 
> Scott
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at blu.org
> http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
> 
> 

--