* [9fans] small node @ 2009-03-10 22:57 ron minnich 2009-03-10 23:11 ` hiro 0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: ron minnich @ 2009-03-10 22:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs http://www.mtcera.com/os/Lime_OS/img/06.jpg http://www.mtcera.com/os/Lime_OS/img/MyBuddy.jpg ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] small node 2009-03-10 22:57 [9fans] small node ron minnich @ 2009-03-10 23:11 ` hiro 2009-03-11 0:33 ` john 0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: hiro @ 2009-03-10 23:11 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs The first one looks very promising. Mobile phones with 3g and bluetooth got cheap... 2009/3/10 ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>: > http://www.mtcera.com/os/Lime_OS/img/06.jpg > http://www.mtcera.com/os/Lime_OS/img/MyBuddy.jpg > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] small node 2009-03-10 23:11 ` hiro @ 2009-03-11 0:33 ` john 2009-03-11 3:19 ` David Leimbach 0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: john @ 2009-03-11 0:33 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > The first one looks very promising. Mobile phones with 3g and > bluetooth got cheap... > > 2009/3/10 ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>: >> http://www.mtcera.com/os/Lime_OS/img/06.jpg >> http://www.mtcera.com/os/Lime_OS/img/MyBuddy.jpg >> >> But, like all of these cheap wundertops from China, will we ever *see* them for sale? I searched high and low for a Lemote box, for instance, but couldn't find one. John ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] small node 2009-03-11 0:33 ` john @ 2009-03-11 3:19 ` David Leimbach 2009-03-11 3:27 ` Nathaniel W Filardo 0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: David Leimbach @ 2009-03-11 3:19 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 868 bytes --] On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 5:33 PM, <john@csplan9.rit.edu> wrote: > > The first one looks very promising. Mobile phones with 3g and > > bluetooth got cheap... > > > > 2009/3/10 ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>: > >> http://www.mtcera.com/os/Lime_OS/img/06.jpg > >> http://www.mtcera.com/os/Lime_OS/img/MyBuddy.jpg > >> > >> > > > But, like all of these cheap wundertops from China, will we ever *see* > them for sale? I searched high and low for a Lemote box, for > instance, but couldn't find one. > > > John > How about: http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9634061300.html? Literally plug it in and run... "In typical use, the SheevaPlug draws about as much power as a night-light. Yet, with 512MB each of RAM and Flash, and a 1.2GHz CPU, the unobtrusive device approaches the computing power found in the servers of only a decade ago." [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 1736 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] small node 2009-03-11 3:19 ` David Leimbach @ 2009-03-11 3:27 ` Nathaniel W Filardo 2009-03-11 3:42 ` john 0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: Nathaniel W Filardo @ 2009-03-11 3:27 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 622 bytes --] On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 08:19:28PM -0700, David Leimbach wrote: > How about: http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9634061300.html? > > Literally plug it in and run... > > "In typical use, the SheevaPlug draws about as much power as a night-light. > Yet, with 512MB each of RAM and Flash, and a 1.2GHz CPU, the unobtrusive > device approaches the computing power found in the servers of only a decade > ago." I keep thinking these would be more useful if they included HomePlug (ethernet over powerline) connectivity (on the far side of an Ethernet chip, tho', so we don't need yet another driver). --nwf; [-- Attachment #2: Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 204 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] small node 2009-03-11 3:27 ` Nathaniel W Filardo @ 2009-03-11 3:42 ` john 2009-03-11 3:52 ` J.R. Mauro 0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: john @ 2009-03-11 3:42 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 08:19:28PM -0700, David Leimbach wrote: >> How about: http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9634061300.html? >> >> Literally plug it in and run... >> >> "In typical use, the SheevaPlug draws about as much power as a night-light. >> Yet, with 512MB each of RAM and Flash, and a 1.2GHz CPU, the unobtrusive >> device approaches the computing power found in the servers of only a decade >> ago." > > I keep thinking these would be more useful if they included HomePlug > (ethernet over powerline) connectivity (on the far side of an Ethernet chip, > tho', so we don't need yet another driver). > > --nwf; If only they didn't come in that stupid wall-wart form factor... I'd rather something that looked like a laptop power supply. Also, Marvell Ethernet :( John ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] small node 2009-03-11 3:42 ` john @ 2009-03-11 3:52 ` J.R. Mauro 2009-03-11 4:10 ` john 0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: J.R. Mauro @ 2009-03-11 3:52 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:42 PM, <john@csplan9.rit.edu> wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 08:19:28PM -0700, David Leimbach wrote: >>> How about: http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9634061300.html? >>> >>> Literally plug it in and run... >>> >>> "In typical use, the SheevaPlug draws about as much power as a night-light. >>> Yet, with 512MB each of RAM and Flash, and a 1.2GHz CPU, the unobtrusive >>> device approaches the computing power found in the servers of only a decade >>> ago." >> >> I keep thinking these would be more useful if they included HomePlug >> (ethernet over powerline) connectivity (on the far side of an Ethernet chip, >> tho', so we don't need yet another driver). >> >> --nwf; > > > If only they didn't come in that stupid wall-wart form factor... I'd > rather something that looked like a laptop power supply. Also, > Marvell Ethernet :( > > > John > > > What about Linutop? http://www.linutop.com/linutop2/index.en.html ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] small node 2009-03-11 3:52 ` J.R. Mauro @ 2009-03-11 4:10 ` john 2009-03-11 4:13 ` erik quanstrom 0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: john @ 2009-03-11 4:10 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:42 PM, <john@csplan9.rit.edu> wrote: >>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 08:19:28PM -0700, David Leimbach wrote: >>>> How about: http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9634061300.html? >>>> >>>> Literally plug it in and run... >>>> >>>> "In typical use, the SheevaPlug draws about as much power as a night-light. >>>> Yet, with 512MB each of RAM and Flash, and a 1.2GHz CPU, the unobtrusive >>>> device approaches the computing power found in the servers of only a decade >>>> ago." >>> >>> I keep thinking these would be more useful if they included HomePlug >>> (ethernet over powerline) connectivity (on the far side of an Ethernet chip, >>> tho', so we don't need yet another driver). >>> >>> --nwf; >> >> >> If only they didn't come in that stupid wall-wart form factor... I'd >> rather something that looked like a laptop power supply. Also, >> Marvell Ethernet :( >> >> >> John >> >> >> > > What about Linutop? > > http://www.linutop.com/linutop2/index.en.html I just re-discovered http://beagleboard.org/, which looks even cheaper and better than Linutop, once you stick it in a $10 Radio Shack project box. John ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] small node 2009-03-11 4:10 ` john @ 2009-03-11 4:13 ` erik quanstrom 2009-03-11 4:16 ` john 0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: erik quanstrom @ 2009-03-11 4:13 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans if you're worried about ethernet connectivity, beagleboard is not for you. - erik ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] small node 2009-03-11 4:13 ` erik quanstrom @ 2009-03-11 4:16 ` john 2009-03-11 4:23 ` erik quanstrom 0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: john @ 2009-03-11 4:16 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > if you're worried about ethernet connectivity, beagleboard > is not for you. > > - erik Just noticed that... unpleasant that they would leave out what I consider the most important part of a computer these days. John ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] small node 2009-03-11 4:16 ` john @ 2009-03-11 4:23 ` erik quanstrom 2009-03-11 5:14 ` J.R. Mauro 0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: erik quanstrom @ 2009-03-11 4:23 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans On Wed Mar 11 00:19:43 EDT 2009, john@csplan9.rit.edu wrote: > > if you're worried about ethernet connectivity, beagleboard > > is not for you. > > > > - erik > > Just noticed that... unpleasant that they would leave out what I > consider the most important part of a computer these days. we're still in the apple-i era of arm boards. - erik ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] small node 2009-03-11 4:23 ` erik quanstrom @ 2009-03-11 5:14 ` J.R. Mauro 2009-03-11 5:23 ` erik quanstrom 2009-03-13 14:45 ` maht 0 siblings, 2 replies; 16+ messages in thread From: J.R. Mauro @ 2009-03-11 5:14 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:23 AM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote: > On Wed Mar 11 00:19:43 EDT 2009, john@csplan9.rit.edu wrote: >> > if you're worried about ethernet connectivity, beagleboard >> > is not for you. >> > >> > - erik >> >> Just noticed that... unpleasant that they would leave out what I >> consider the most important part of a computer these days. > > we're still in the apple-i era of arm boards. > > - erik > > >From the picture, the thing has USB. Gotta be a way to DIY ethernet or wifi into it... ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] small node 2009-03-11 5:14 ` J.R. Mauro @ 2009-03-11 5:23 ` erik quanstrom 2009-03-11 5:37 ` J.R. Mauro 2009-03-13 14:45 ` maht 1 sibling, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: erik quanstrom @ 2009-03-11 5:23 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > From the picture, the thing has USB. Gotta be a way to DIY ethernet or > wifi into it... i bet you could run linux .... wait a second. to paraphrase, it's a seven-layer networking burrito! - erik ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] small node 2009-03-11 5:23 ` erik quanstrom @ 2009-03-11 5:37 ` J.R. Mauro 0 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread From: J.R. Mauro @ 2009-03-11 5:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 1:23 AM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote: >> From the picture, the thing has USB. Gotta be a way to DIY ethernet or >> wifi into it... > > i bet you could run linux .... wait a second. > to paraphrase, it's a seven-layer networking burrito! > > - erik > > With extra TCP Cheese? Oh, neato! ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] small node 2009-03-11 5:14 ` J.R. Mauro 2009-03-11 5:23 ` erik quanstrom @ 2009-03-13 14:45 ` maht 2009-03-12 15:07 ` J.R. Mauro 1 sibling, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: maht @ 2009-03-13 14:45 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs > > From the picture, the thing has USB. Gotta be a way to DIY ethernet or > wifi into it... > > http://ninetimes.cat-v.org/news/2008/12/24/1_New_driver_for_usb_ethernet_devices/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] small node 2009-03-13 14:45 ` maht @ 2009-03-12 15:07 ` J.R. Mauro 0 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread From: J.R. Mauro @ 2009-03-12 15:07 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:45 AM, maht <mattmobile@proweb.co.uk> wrote: > >> >> From the picture, the thing has USB. Gotta be a way to DIY ethernet or >> wifi into it... >> >> > > http://ninetimes.cat-v.org/news/2008/12/24/1_New_driver_for_usb_ethernet_devices/ > Hey, that's pretty cool ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
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