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With the Jack PC, the Computer's In the Wall!

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that's-pretty-sweet dept.

cylonlover writes "The Jack PC from Chip PC Technologies offers a neat and novel thin-client desktop computing solution where the computer doesn't just plug into the wall, it is the plug in the wall. Running on power provided by the ethernet cable that also connects it to the data center server, the computer-in-a-wall-socket supports wireless connectivity, has dual display capabilities and runs on the RISC processor architecture."

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  1. Old news. by bchickens · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've used the JACK PCs before on a citrix environment (A couple years ago). Actually I installed and tested the system. Neat little things but hardley new news.

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  2. Welcome... by Cloud+K · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...to 2006.

    Am I missing a development (the 'news') bit or is this just a slashvertisement?

    1. Re:Welcome... by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 5, Funny

      I don't know what's more pathetic- that three of ten commenters immediately remembered some random Slashdot story from 2006, or that I did.

  3. GPL viotation, by Zappy · · Score: 5, Informative

    Uses modified Debian, source nowhere to be found.

    Asking by e-mail several questions consistently ignored my request for the sourcecode until all other questions where resolved then I got completely ignored.

  4. Mechanical Horrors by Maavin · · Score: 5, Informative

    I deployed about 200 of these things in an industrial environment (control rooms in a steel plant). They are small and perform rather good.
    BUT
    The electrical connection between the the JackPC and its shell is terrible! Some are so weak, that you only have to bump into the table and they lose connection.
    It's so bad we considered soldering a short cat5 pigtail directly to the damn things and fix everything with hot glue...

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    Crivens! I kicked meself in me own heid!