[asterisk-users] Anyone using an Intel Atom ?

[Steve Totaro]

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 5:46 AM, Peter Evans <peter+asterisk at ixp.jp> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 08:45:39AM +0000, Gordon Henderson wrote:
>
>        I wrote:
>> >     MSI Wind Board.
>> >     No idea about outside Japan, but its fanless, almost certainly
>> >     needs convection.
>
>> That's because it's called a "Wind Board"... Great name!!!
>
>        I didn't see any today, but I was looking for something else.
>        I think that particular model uses the atom 230 as opposed to the
>        new sexy dual core 330 or whatever.
>
>        I wonder why they use the antique 945 chipset which actually consumes
>        more power than the cpu and not something shinier like g31.
>
>        That's about the only thing that stops me from getting one to test with.
>        (I do digital sign stuff.)
>
>        http://global.msi.com.tw/html/popup/bb/windpc_en/ultra_quiet.html
>        (230 based)
>
>        http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=170&prod_no=1495
>        (wind bored, note, the big heatsink covers cpu and north bridge)
>
>        Given the spec, it should be trivial to get your favourite flavour of
>        linux running on this, and with a cf/ide adaptor, a 2 or 4 gb flash and
>        youre well on your way to no-moving-parts bliss.
>
>
>
>        P
>

The power supply probably consumes about as much as the processor!

My question and getting more off topic, but what would one need as far
as battery and solar panels to keep one of these running sans moving
parts?

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