Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 12:17:39 -0700 From: Soren Kristensen <soren@soekris.com> To: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The ultimate board! Message-ID: <3AE1DCD3.2CF8DDEC@soekris.com> References: <3AE1D577.593CC939@bus.net>
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Hi Everybody, Me again.... Also, please note that my website is up again. Everett F Batey wrote: > > For me, better question yet: What would it cost to combine enough > disk, user account builder, webserver, DNS, proxyserver, add FreeBSD, > OpenBSD or Linux to a footprint like a small Cisco 1600 or slightly > racksize larger Cisco 2500/2600 with ipfilter, ipNAT, VPN and bring > it to market for ALL the DSL and CABLE and Wireless users. Bet it > could be effectively marketed for less than half the cost of a > Cisco 1600 stripped and little more than the Cadillac of the computer > store DSL/Cable hub-routers. > That is the integrated gateway thing, just like the Whistle Interjet.... But that was never really sold as a box only, and was way too expensive anyway. Just to let you know, I'm already planning the next board, which would meet the above requirements.... It will be something like: 200-266 Mhz. National Semiconductor Geode SC3200 32-128 Mbyte SDRAM, soldered on board + expansion SO-DIMM 2-4 Mbit BIOS/BOOT Flash CompactFLASH Type I/II socket UDMA33 IDE Interface, 40 pins & 44 pins. 2-4 10/100 mbit Ethernet ports, RJ-45 2 Serial ports, DB9 MiniPCI type III socket. (t.ex for optional hardware encryption) PCI Slot, right angle 3.3V only. (t.ex for optional WAN board) Parallel Port, 26 pins header Low Power & Fanless Board size 5" x 7" Small Case with room for 2.5" drive Case for 1U 19" rackmount, with room for 2 x 3.5" drives Software: comBIOS for full headless operation over serial port PXE boot rom for diskless booting Designed for Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD Specification are subject to change, and don't expect production until 3 months from now. Regards, Soren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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