Search Members Help

» Welcome Guest
[ Log In :: Register ]

Mini-ITX Boards Sale, Fanless BareBones Mini-ITX, Bootable 1G DSL USBs, 533MHz Fanless PC <-- SALE $200 each!
Get The Official Damn Small Linux Book. DSL Market , Great VPS hosting provided by Tektonic
 

[ Track this topic :: Email this topic :: Print this topic ]

reply to topic new topic new poll
Topic: DSL and the $72 computer, DSL mention in Popular Science magazine< Next Oldest | Next Newest >
newOldUser Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 241
Joined: Oct. 2004
Posted: June 09 2007,12:04 QUOTE

Just got the July '07 issue of Popular Science. Back in the How 2.0 section is a short article on how to make "The $72 PC".  Guess what operating system they use?  "The computer boots from a USB flash drive running an operating system called Damn Small Linux that can handle just about any job."

There is a link, http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how20/ but when I looked the article wasn't posted yet.  They probably wait a while before they post to the web.

Enjoy.


--------------
======== Note =========
The DSL Forum Search default is 'OR'
If you search for "cat dog" you will get all "cat" posts and all "dog" posts.
If you search for "cat AND dog" you will only find results that contain BOTH "cat" and "dog"
Add '*' for wildcards, " cat* and dog* "
Back to top
Profile PM 
WDef Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 798
Joined: Sep. 2005
Posted: June 10 2007,13:15 QUOTE

Interesting.  What's in the $72 pc?
Back to top
Profile PM 
newOldUser Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 241
Joined: Oct. 2004
Posted: June 12 2007,02:32 QUOTE

128 megs of sdram and a 500mhz celeron on an intel su810 motherboard with a memory stick for storage.  They also have a 200w power supply and NLX riser card.

Should run DSL just fine.  The magazine estimates 4 hours to assemble and get it running.  

It could be an interesting project. They have one in a cerial box with a small screen (additional cost) for "breakfast reading".  

The article lists the websites where the parts were purchased.  

The guy who wrote the piece, Dave Prochnow, probably scans this site once in a while.  Kudos Dave.


--------------
======== Note =========
The DSL Forum Search default is 'OR'
If you search for "cat dog" you will get all "cat" posts and all "dog" posts.
If you search for "cat AND dog" you will only find results that contain BOTH "cat" and "dog"
Add '*' for wildcards, " cat* and dog* "
Back to top
Profile PM 
curaga Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 2163
Joined: Feb. 2007
Posted: July 03 2007,11:54 QUOTE

It's now posted

--------------
There's no such thing as life. Those mean little jocks invented it ;)
-
Windows is not a virus. A virus does something!
Back to top
Profile PM 
3 replies since June 09 2007,12:04 < Next Oldest | Next Newest >

[ Track this topic :: Email this topic :: Print this topic ]

 
reply to topic new topic new poll
Quick Reply: DSL and the $72 computer

Do you wish to enable your signature for this post?
Do you wish to enable emoticons for this post?
Track this topic
View All Emoticons
View iB Code