Cobalt Qube for sale cheap

[Lyndon Tiu]

How much?

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:13:13 -0700 plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us wrote:
> My recent battles with Samba have reminded me how much
> time is needed to conquer a new technical frontier.
> I can hack, but life keeps getting in the way and I need
> more sleep than I used to --  man, that really cuts into
> the hacking thing! -- so I am simplifying.
> 
> Charlie Bullen gave me a good deal on a tiny, quiet box
> that can serve as a web server, firewall, etc.  It is loaded
> with something like RH6 and special Cobalt provisions
> so that it boots up (slowly) in a pretty secure condition.
> 
> It has no display except a little LCD.  It has a primary
> ethernet facing the Net, and a secondary facing inside,
> plus a serial port you can hook up to.  SSH is not
> currently installed.
> 
> OK, so I will never get around to using this thing.
> 
> I would want to upgrade all the software for security
> purposes -- it's out there, apparently, although this is a
> non-Intel box so there is a limited set of binaries available.
> It could accommodate a compiler, but again it's a tad slow.
> Someone who is comfortable with cross-compilation would
> probably have more fun with this.
> 
> Charlie told me it was worth something like $2000 a few
> years ago.  Now it's not . . .  So I will try to recoup most
> of my investment by asking $80.  That will go down over
> time until someone can't resist this toy.
> 
> Below are some miscellaneous links I've collected.
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Vic
> 
> Basic info:
>   
> <http://cobalt-aid2.lindist.dk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=76>
> 
> Debian:
>   <http://www.cobaltfaqs.com/index.php?title=Debian_on_Qube_2>
> 
> NetBSD:
>   <http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/cobalt/>
> 
> Misc:
>   <http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-cobalt/2004/07/15/0001.html>
>   <http://pkgmaster.com/packages/qube/2/>
>   <http://ftp.cobalt.sun.com/pub/>
> <http://cobalt-aid2.lindist.dk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=76>
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Lyndon Tiu