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Posted: Oct. 04 2006,15:23 |
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I was at home in my lab pondering how to make DSL not smaller, faster. . . so I bought a dsl disk. Installed it, loved it! Then I was thinking how can I make this faster? Physics taught me that smaller is faster when on spin; So I took my dremel out, opened and hacked the motor controls on my spare CD-ROM to make it spin at any speed (faster) possible, layed it on my desk (wear protection, dude Remember that movie "I come in peace" with the flying disc?) and cut my disc to the size of 2.5in exactly (took many tries to get it right to preserve the foil) Now it spins up faster. . . but not fast enough.
After spraying the disk black I thought about Atmel's Flash Chips "http://www.atmel.com/products/Flash/" and said "hm Ino,Ino, How about. . .
Damn Small Linux on a PCI (EISA) card with dual boot capability (for other operating systems) embedded within a flash? Obtaining detailed PCI specs was diminutive. So why didn't I choose USB? Because this is an added stack with different variations (hi-speed, legacy, etc) and needs software for older BIOS and PC to see anything afterwards connected to it. PCI is always seen, the closest to the processor w/o additional software/firmware stacks and its been around long enough to start designing with I figured. You like small? Imagine: DSL in a PCI 1x slot! Now I can go as fast as I want - 1x 4x 8x so on. . . depending on DSL's PCI cardtype.
Upgrades and fixes are "flashed right in" straight from websites and are displayed on the dual boot screen menu!
What you think?
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