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Re: Cute little DIY computer
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Date: 
Mon, 28 Jan 2002 00:38:00 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Erik Olson writes:
I'm buying a Shuttle SV24 for LDRAW and Linux. It's a toaster-sized PC you
can put together for under $600:

http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2001q4/shuttle-sv24/index.x?pg=1

Advantages: low hassle, lots of ports for exotic input/output devices, and
it's small enough to hide.

Disadvantages: bad for games, not cutting-edge (P III to 1.1ghz).

Did you see the other machine at that site, the "Pandora's box"??? What did
you think of IT?

I'm in the market for a new desktop at the mo too so this was interesting,
thanks for the ref!



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  Re: Cute little DIY computer
 
(...) I think Pandora is ugly (Shuttle SV24 is more R2D2 cute) and I'd rather make my own case first (heh heh...) Anyway, good luck finding it in the USA. You can order the SV24 from outpost.com with or without a CPU. (see chipmerchant.com for that, (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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  Cute little DIY computer
 
I'm buying a Shuttle SV24 for LDRAW and Linux. It's a toaster-sized PC you can put together for under $600: (URL) low hassle, lots of ports for exotic input/output devices, and it's small enough to hide. Disadvantages: bad for games, not (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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