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PC In An XP Box

Posted by Hemos on from the teh-joy-of-machinery dept.

wolrahnaes writes "There is an article up on mini-itx.com explaining how to fit a fully functional PC based on a VIA M10000 EPIA board in to a Windows XP box. The author even explains how he then fit it in to a Red Hat box and used a sensor to tell the bootloader which OS to run based on which box it is in."

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  1. That's not a small computer, THIS is a small... by MythMoth · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I thought that project was kind of dull when I first saw it. It's not improved with time. On the other hand, I really like the look of the new Nanode PC from Mini-ITX (same site), designed by Hoojum.

    Take a look at this picture and the cat. Now look at your desktop PC and imagine a cat standing next to it. The nanode really is that small.

    I want one.

    The site with the rest of the info is here.

    D.

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  2. FedEx box by tverbeek · · Score: 4, Interesting
    This is a more refined version of what I did recently, mounting a standard ATX motherboard (with integrated video), a sideways-mounted ethernet card, a 1U power supply, and a 20GB hard drive in a FedEx box, with a power and reset switch and an HD LED on one side. I had room in the box for a stock CD drive, but didn't bother, since I rarely use removable media. I did leave an unused IDE cable and power lead available near the opening in the end of the box, just in case (since the IDE connectors on the motherboard are inaccessible).

    One substantial difference is that I used only the cardboard box itself as a mounting infrastructure; I didn't build a little case and then wrap the Windows or Linux box around it, like this does.

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  3. Hot Rodding continued by wing03 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Goes right back to that thread about hot rods and PCs.

    Some are interested purely in performance.

    Of those, there are the straight line speed freaks, tight cornering freaks, altogethering racing freaks...etc.

    Some are interested only the aesthetics of the car. Neon, bouncing and turning the trunk into a giant subwoofer.

    Off in another corner, you've got those who are cooking food ontop of their engines, putting real aviation wings (to fly), turning the car into an amphibious vehicle, sitcking incredibly weird looking chasis on a vehicle frame.

    With someone sticking a computer inside a software box, it certainly looks like computers have made it to the same level that automobiles have in the minds of people.

  4. Re:My first thought from reading the headline: Huh by 1u3hr · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The average case temperature is 35deg C. Paper, wood, tinder, sawdust, none of it will burn at 35deg C.

    Of course, literate geeks should know that paper ignites at Fahrenheit 451, (233 C).