[geeks] Ideas

[vance at neurotica.com]

On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, David L Kindred (Dave) wrote:

> >>>>> "vance" == vance  <vance at neurotica.com> writes:
>
>     vance> I am going to try my hand at building a silent computer.  I'm
>     vance> taking ideas.  I need floating-point, and ethernet or PCI,
>     vance> and I'd like to have built-in sound, and a serial console.
>     vance> The system will not have a floppy, CD-ROM, or HDD, and I was
>     vance> thinking of putting it in a 1U rackmount box.
>
> Can you say a little more about what the application is, and whether
> this is for "real work" or as a plaything?

This is a plaything.  For media stuff.

> You've mentioned a dis-like of PC-type hardware, what type of OS are you
> looking for?

UNIX or VMS.  I like NetBSD.

Peace...  Sridhar