[Beds] lil help please...

[gibbsie]

VIA (mini-ITX pioneers) have an interesting roadmap laid out for the =
coming
future.

They have just aquired a Swiss wireless networking technology company, =
and
plan to bring Wireless to the EPIA range.  Also, better support for
MPEG/DiVx playback and faster C3 processors are just a couple of =
highlights
coming - not to mention a new mini-ITX board that will accept iP4 =
processors
if that takes your fancy.  TV Out is promised to get better since =
currently
the quality is not perfect, although the M is better than the original
EPIAs.

The M series are pretty well supported on the net, VIA Arena now has a
dedicated Linux section, and support should grow greatly in coming =
months.
I personally have a couple of EPIA-800's and they have been one of the =
most
stable boards I've played around with for sometime.  Due to their low =
power
consumption, these are ideal for a number of projects, and using some of =
the
DC-DC converters out there, you can run them off a car battery, just =
incase
you get bored on the M25 queues ;-)

As for sourcing mini-ITX boards, they are getting more popular:
ultim8pc.co.uk, linitx.org have them and ebuyer.com sometimes have them
(only EPIA's tho).

Anyhow, some further food for thought.
Oliver

Ps. I should be on commission from VIA!

-----Original Message-----
From: beds-admin@mailman.lug.org.uk =
[mailto:beds-admin@mailman.lug.org.uk]
On Behalf Of Jonathan Dye
Sent: 20 March 2003 17:31
To: beds@mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: RE: [Beds] lil help please...


Neil Darlow wrote:
[...]
> As far as the Mini-ITX goes, I'm very pleased with my 533MHz=20
> Eden-based model although I'll be upgrading to an EPIA-M in the near=20
> future. They're a good route into low cost computing and if you're=20
> construction-minded you can build one into pretty much any container=20
> :-)

I'll be interested to hear how you get on with getting the video, tv out =
and
MPEG stuff working.  I was considering one of the the M series but was
slightly put back by the poor support at the moment.

JD

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