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From: Tomas Heran <tomasheran@centrum.cz>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] nice hardware for a cpu server
Date: Mon,  9 Feb 2004 10:20:21 +0000
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Please have a look at www.gumstix.com - they sell the gumstix machines
there. The price is a little more than $100.

Regards,
Tomas

vdharani@infernopark.com wrote in message news:<37641.192.11.226.116.1075=
762906.squirrel@www.infernopark.com>...
> > 12g without battery
> >
> > http://www.gumstix.org
> >
> Thats good but I wonder what would be the cost.
>=20
> Given that there are many devices (MP3, DVD players, PDAs) that are sol=
d
> really cheap these days, I was hoping that we will soon see non-x86 CPU
> modules/boards for <$50. But I dont see that happening. Whats more, x86
> clone based boards are getting cheaper although not too low.
>=20
> It would be nice to see boards with just CPU, memory, ethernet (or some
> connectivity) only that are really low cost with which one could do gri=
d
> computing without draining too much of money. Why is it not happening?
>=20
> Regards
> dharani