Single Board Computer Computers?

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I saw something the other day on ebay, a Single Board Computer that fits
into a ISA slot. Does any one have any experience with them? I was just
wondering how they work and such, and if there are any that are PCI.
Something like that appeals to me as I am thinking of building a new server
and it would be cool if I can have 2 or 3 PCI based computers running
inside the case. That way I can isolate my Web and Email servers completely
:)

Any thoughts or experiences are welcome. I looked around online and all I
can find is information relating to industreal manufacturing use for these
things.

- Bogdan
 
Look on ebay. They're all over the place.
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Yeah, if you read the post, that's were I found them in the first place. :)
I was just wondering if any one has used them and how do they work? For
instance, can they be networked using the PCI bus, can they interact with
the main system using the PCI bus? Installing them on a linux box, if there
are any tips. Stuff like that. It's just that I can not find alot of info
about them. I thought there may be some one here with experience.

Thank you,

- Bogdan
 
x0054 said:
I saw something the other day on ebay, a Single Board Computer that fits
into a ISA slot. Does any one have any experience with them? I was just
wondering how they work and such, and if there are any that are PCI.
Something like that appeals to me as I am thinking of building a new server
and it would be cool if I can have 2 or 3 PCI based computers running
inside the case. That way I can isolate my Web and Email servers completely
:)

Any thoughts or experiences are welcome. I looked around online and all I
can find is information relating to industreal manufacturing use for these
things.

- Bogdan
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They're a specialty part. About all I can give you is a wikipedia entry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-board_computer
 
Something like that appeals to me as I am thinking of building a new
server
and it would be cool if I can have 2 or 3 PCI based computers running
inside the case. That way I can isolate my Web and Email servers
completely
:)
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Software virtualisation like VMware or Xen may be a more
affordable/available option...
 
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