----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Greco" <jgr...@ns.sol.net>
> Subject: Re: Query : seeking a (low cost & secure) turnkey plug-and-play > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 6:58 AM, A. Chase Turner <ch...@stumpy.com> > > wrote: > > > I am seeking a $100 turnkey micro hardware appliance to plug into > > > a LAN hub... > > > > Why micro? Just get a pile of free for the carting-off old Pentium > > machines and run them headless with a BSD. Set them up to heartbeat > > to a cacti box. Why buy new when you have a good use for the old stuff > > that is going to a dump anyway? > > As long as you're not paying the electric bill. But quite frankly, > some of the stuff that's been put out over the years is better off in a > dump. I find myself pretty surprised that no one I've seen so far has suggested *these*: http://techreport.com/discussions.x/16466 They seem directly on target for what Chase is looking for. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274
