On Wednesday, December 28, 2016 01:20:06 PM Richard Owlett wrote: > On 12/28/2016 9:20 AM, Charlie Kravetz wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 09:31:20 -0500 > > > > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Just wondering if anybody on here has acquired something like the > >> following (basically a computer on a stick / pendrive) and tried > >> loading Debian (or any Linux) on it? > >> > >> Have you found any that aren't preloaded with Windows? > > > > This company has a preloaded USB stick that is the entire computer - > > http://www.fit-pc.com/web/ > > Did you have an explicit product in mind? > They obviously have the technical expertise to meet my needs. > However their obvious target audience is OEM &/or mass marketers. >
Oops, sorry, left off the name and link: Intel Compute Stick CS125 Computer with Intel Atom x5 Processor and Windows 10 https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Compute-Computer-Processor- BOXSTK1AW32SC/dp/B01AZC4NHS/?tag=logicemail-20&ascsubtag=ceb730c4-376e-493a- ab22-33e99d7aa8b4 It looks like a USB pendrive. > What I'm looking for is a retail product that would compete with > PDA's of a decade ago. > The "application" specific compute power would be satisfied by > equivalent of a 2 MHz Z80A with <= 640k of RAM. I do not have the > expertise to estimate how much compute power that would be > required to drive a current touch screen display. > > Raspberry (sp?) Pi's have the compute power. But their form > factor is terminally CLUNKY. Besides which I'm looking for an > "off the shelf" solution. > > > They will preload any OS, Linux, Mac, Windows. > > > > I have not personally tried these. > > > > -
