I bought the dev kit from here: http://www.marvell.com/products/embedded_processors/developer/kirkwood/sheevaplug.jsp , specifically from: http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-22-sheevaplug-dev-kit.aspx . The dev version is $99 but is supposed to drop down to $49 as/when any companies start mass selling them. One company already sells a modified version for $79: http://www.pogoplug.com/ -Charles JD Austin wrote: > I didn't see where I could actually buy one.. would make a nice micro > asterisk server :) > -- > JD Austin > Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC > jd@twingeckos.com > 480.288.8195x201 > http://www.twingeckos.com > > > Groucho Marx - "I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this > wasn't it." > > On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Charles Jones > > wrote: > > Eric Shubert wrote: >> Charles Jones wrote: >> >>> I just bought one of these to experiment with: >>> http://www.marvell.com/products/embedded_processors/developer/kirkwood/sheevaplug.jsp >>> >>> It is basically a tiny linux box with 1.2Ghz processor, with a gigabit >>> ethernet and USB 2.0 port ( >>> http://nozama.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54ed05fc288330112790d732928a4-800wi ). >>> Installing packages and software is as easy as normal apt-get procedure, >>> no custom-compiling needed. You are limited by what little free space is >>> left on the filesystem, but you can augment that via USB storage. >>> >>> My first tests with this device will be attaching an HD USB camera and >>> using mjpeg-streamer to turn it into a cheap network camera. I'd also >>> like to see if I can attach a small USB hub and run both the camera as >>> well as a USB ethernet adapter, thus creating a cheap wireless network >>> camera/device. >>> >>> If anyone is interested I will post more info when I receive it, and >>> report on how my testing goes. >>> >>> -Charles >>> >> Wow. Attach a couple USB drives configured as raid-1, and you've got a >> nice little backup server! >> > Imagine having a big power strip with like 6 of these running as > servers. They only draw 5w each. So imagine how long a typical > rackmount UPS could power those plus your switch :-) >