Hello Roy.

04 Sep 03 04:07, you wrote to Tom Walker:

 RT> That's probably a little high.  I was browsing through an article in a
 RT> magazine a bit earlier this evening that was talking about using linux
 RT> for routers.  They estimated that a P200-MMX or equivalent MB in that
 RT> kind of use would draw maybe 30 watts...

I am talking 133MHz drawing well under 5 watts.  Heck one distributor
claimed 400MHz also under 5 watts but that particular one I am taking with
a grain of salt.  I'll believe it when I see it ... and at his price I
doubt I'll be seeing it soon.  Too risky methinks and I don't believe we
need that much speed anyhow.  I think I have the answer but it remains to
be seen.  Closing in on it though.

A huge part of the answer was trimming out the unneeded power hungry
hardware.  I have achieved that much already.  The next step was to build a
small ramdisk with everything that was absolutely required while leaving
open a door for expansion.  That also has been achieved.  All that remains
is to take the plunge and decide which CPU will make the grade and there
are a few very good options there as long as nobody gets too greedy with
respect to speed.  Speed can and does kill.

For all that I can think of, sans DVDs, this is extremely doable and I
believe desirable.  It will happen and I think we can safely talk weeks
with respect to uptime on a single charge.  I also think we can talk about
doing all that is needed from a mobile computer and leave the silliness
home.  There is more then enough entertainment in the real world without
dragging any additional crap along for the ride.  :-)

Maurice

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