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Photos and Commentary On AMD's PIC

Posted by timothy on from the such-a-cute-box dept.

vincecate writes "I just purchased a brand new AMD PIC which has been on Slashdot and LinuxDevices. I have opened it up and put some pictures and comments on the web. Some interesting things are that the system uses only 8 watts, the Windows CE does not want you installing any software, you can not get to the BIOS settings, and I was not able to boot Linux." (He was able, though, to boot Linux from an IDE device on a mini-ITX system also based on the Geode processor.)

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  1. PIC? by gUmbi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did anyone else think 'programmable interrupt controller'? It's too early...

  2. I know this company by koi88 · · Score: 2, Funny


    Apparently, the BIOS is designed by General Software

    Is this the company that also developed the famous "General Protection Fault"?

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  3. Re:Reason why you can't fiddle with it by justins · · Score: 3, Funny
    Consider it a teaser or loss leader. The first one is free...

    Right. Becuase once they're hooked, those sub-Saharan Africans will be ready to shell out the big bucks for all sorts of software and electronics. AMD and Microsoft will have them right where they want them.

    Come on.
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