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I remember running it on this cheap iomega NAS drive around the same time. Very similar specs although it had a SATA controller.

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Corel Netwinder, single core Intel-made ARM, 2 ethernet ports (10 and 10/100), VGA, serial, and a 2.5" PATA disk; I think I splurged on the 64MB version and paid something like $800 for it.

My nostalgia for it is tempered by knowing that a Raspberry Pi 4B is better in basically every single way and ridiculously cheaper.

My benchmark for the cheap single-board has been the $9 CHIP [1]. As far as I can tell nothing since was able to match that kind of value - 512MB RAM / 4GB MMC / wifi+BT. Hell, it even had a power management IC and a battery connector. I regret I didn't grab more of them before the company went defunct. If anyone knows of a spiritual successor please share.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598272670/chip-the-wor...

The only bummer is missing upstream support. Although right now the only thing missing seems to be the NAND.

https://linux-sunxi.org/NextThingCo_CHIP

https://linux-sunxi.org/MTD_Driver#Challenges

Not a successor but I found a seller that is still selling them:

aliexpress.com/item/33051763438.html

Thanks for this!

Unfortunately the shipping is "strangely" expensive.

Even if I was to buy 10 CHIP they would still cost 15 euro each with shipping included.

If anyone is interested I have 3 CHIPs in mint condition. Never got around to use them (I have a case of SBC addiction).

You can write me at hi-at-nickname.xyz

> As far as I can tell nothing since was able to match that kind of value

I mentioned it upthread and I don't want to look like I'm shilling but ... the Orange Pi zero board has 256M or 512M of ram, 4 cores, ethernet, wifi and all sorts of other stuff, for about $10. You have to provide storage though, and while it does have a graphics capability you need an expansion board (another $2) to use it.

Thanks, this does indeed look compelling. The onboard ethernet, wifi antenna connector, and a regular-sized USB are all pluses too.

The Orange Pi looks good, but it's a shame they have non-standard POE which seems to require weird hacks to make it work (https://parglescouk.wordpress.com/2017/04/14/getting-the-ora...). Having a single wire to each board would be very compelling if it could be more standard.

Yeah, must admit I didn't try the PoE, I've just used it with power to the MicroUSB. It is indeed a shame.

Are those solder bridges directly connected to the Ethernet Jack? If so it would be much easier to just hook the 48V -> 5V step down converter there to avoid having to prepare a special Ethernet cable.

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