Dear Guy, You might be interested in a recent thread on JoelOnSoftware: http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.195094.6 The thread is called "cool computer on a stick" It has several cool options that might meet your needs.
These are several links from the thread http://fingergear.com/ http://www.projectblackdog.com/ http://www.gumstix.com/ On Tuesday 06 September 2005 00:13, guy keren wrote: > hi, > > the background to my question, is that i find myself going to various > places to give lectures, and i need to be able to run a linux environment > with a given configuration. too often i have to rely on other people > bringing their laptops (and i personally hate laptops). > > then i thought that there should be no problem putting an entire PC in a > very very small box (by small i mean something like a 1-2 cigarette packs > in size, and a few hundread grams in weight). i don't need it to have an > internal batery, but it should be easy to attach a power supply. it does > not need too much cooling, since it'll be turned on for a few hours at a > time, and be off most of the time. > > it does need to have a connector for a PS/2 keyboard, a PS/2 mouse, and > 2-4 USB entries (one for a disk-on-key, 2 for USB mouse/keyboard) and a > monitor output. having a sound-card + earphones outlet would be nice too. > > i started scanning the web, and i saw small things that were yet too > large, or small PDAs that seem to be too limited (e.g. i want this system > to have a laptop-size hard-disk, so i can install a real system on it). > > does anyone know if there are such things for sale, either in israel or > via the internet? i imagine such a thing might cost several hundreads of > dollars, and i'd rather buy something pre-built, then build my own - since > it should be able to sustain movement shocks (after all, i'll be taking it > in a car and drive with it all around, so i don't want to have loose wires > due to a bump on the road, etc). > > thanks, -- Boris Gorelik -= =- ---------------------------------------------------------- Molecular Modeling and Drug Design Group Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products School of Pharmacy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem http: // www.md.huji.ac.il/models/group.html Tel: (972)(2)6757351 --------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
