[geeks] Old hardware cut-off

[Cory Smelosky]

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> On 17 Feb 2014, at 01:10, Phil Stracchino <phils at caerllewys.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 02/17/14 00:01, Andrew Jones wrote:
>> Watching people fight about awful embedded chips just kills me.  In 
>> 2014, a $20 Netra X1 is still a "fast enough" UNIX box with plenty of 
>> RAM.  It eats 20-40W.  If you are sweating electrical costs for less 
>> power than a light bulb, power isn't the real problem.
> 
> Hmmmmmmm.  You do raise a good point ... but is there any way to get
> four Ethernet interfaces into one?  I see no expansion slot at all in
> the X1.

Soldering irons! ;) (and a reflow oven)

> 
> Now, a Netra T1 might work, but it's only going to have a single 32-bit
> PCI 1.0 slot.  And I'd have to find SCSI disks for it.

Love the t1. Made a great router.

> 
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