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Mini-ITX board project ideas?
Anybody have any project ideas involving mini-itx boards?(for anyone that doesn't know, a mini-itx board is a motherboard that's about 17x17cm). This one has a 733mhz VIA cpu and 512mb of ram...not a whole lot of power.
I was thinking of building a mini tabletop arcade cabinet, but if anybody has any other ideas I'm open for suggestions
(I already have a file/web server, and a media center)
I was thinking of building a mini tabletop arcade cabinet, but if anybody has any other ideas I'm open for suggestions
(I already have a file/web server, and a media center)
Got any spare compact Mac shells?
You could get OS X running on it and use it as a place to test and improve m68k Mac emulators...
Yes I know this is bump, but the topic was still on the first page of the section.
I've got the same issue. I have one of the Intel Atom Mini-ITX boards. I built an HTPC out of it, but in the long run it just did not have the power to do HD video. I ended up replacing it with a dual core celeron that I got on special at Fry's.
In the mean time I have been trying to figure out what to do it. I've thought about doing the 68k emulator on it, but I really want to use my sheeva plug for that.
If I had some more time, I get a digital I/O card for it and use it for my Mac floppy emulator project. That would solve the problem I had with the Arduino of just not having enough power. Though using a a dual core 1.6GHz system to emulate the floppy drive in a 20MHz computer seems a little silly.
Another thought is to get an LCD screen, a can of beige paint, some lucite, and a Lisa emulator. You could build a KIRF Lisa.
Actually that sounds really cool.
I've got the same issue. I have one of the Intel Atom Mini-ITX boards. I built an HTPC out of it, but in the long run it just did not have the power to do HD video. I ended up replacing it with a dual core celeron that I got on special at Fry's.
In the mean time I have been trying to figure out what to do it. I've thought about doing the 68k emulator on it, but I really want to use my sheeva plug for that.
If I had some more time, I get a digital I/O card for it and use it for my Mac floppy emulator project. That would solve the problem I had with the Arduino of just not having enough power. Though using a a dual core 1.6GHz system to emulate the floppy drive in a 20MHz computer seems a little silly.
Another thought is to get an LCD screen, a can of beige paint, some lucite, and a Lisa emulator. You could build a KIRF Lisa.
Actually that sounds really cool.
Dual Core Intel Atom Mini-ITX add-in planned for a Hack In Progress:
I've had an ongoing project using a Compaq Portable II as a "keep it in the trunk" peripheral setup for HP_Mini. So far I've gutted it to fit a Card Reader/USB breakout panel, and a 17" 1280 x 1024 HP LCD Monitor into the side of the internal frame for use in portrait mode with the unit sitting on its side. There would be a removable clear cover with a bulge at the top in its current iteration. Maybe I'll find a better LCD candidate with a smaller frame/bezel that won't require the bulge by the time I start fooling around with it again.
I ripped the original 5.25" FDD so all that remains is the mounting frame and flip up cover door. That'll require a slot-loading DVD to be sourced
I've also hacked the original KBD into a custom layout that'd be usable with the CPQP2 or as a stand alone with any other computer. I've got several controllers to choose from, just need to do the switch matrix.
A vacuum-formed CRT Face door will hide a couple of removable drive bays and whatever else I can cram in there behind it. The plexi will be back painted with the ubuntu logo on a black background.
Fitting it with a Dual Core Intel Atom Mini-ITX board I've been scoping out would make it an ubuntu running, stand-alone sewing machine luggable. This configuration will likely still leave room for, the originally planned, Mac Mini to be stuffed in there somewhere as well.
I've had an ongoing project using a Compaq Portable II as a "keep it in the trunk" peripheral setup for HP_Mini. So far I've gutted it to fit a Card Reader/USB breakout panel, and a 17" 1280 x 1024 HP LCD Monitor into the side of the internal frame for use in portrait mode with the unit sitting on its side. There would be a removable clear cover with a bulge at the top in its current iteration. Maybe I'll find a better LCD candidate with a smaller frame/bezel that won't require the bulge by the time I start fooling around with it again.
I ripped the original 5.25" FDD so all that remains is the mounting frame and flip up cover door. That'll require a slot-loading DVD to be sourced
I've also hacked the original KBD into a custom layout that'd be usable with the CPQP2 or as a stand alone with any other computer. I've got several controllers to choose from, just need to do the switch matrix.
A vacuum-formed CRT Face door will hide a couple of removable drive bays and whatever else I can cram in there behind it. The plexi will be back painted with the ubuntu logo on a black background.
Fitting it with a Dual Core Intel Atom Mini-ITX board I've been scoping out would make it an ubuntu running, stand-alone sewing machine luggable. This configuration will likely still leave room for, the originally planned, Mac Mini to be stuffed in there somewhere as well.