Rescued this machine from the recycler about a week ago. It's an interesting machine. It's about the size of a cheapo DVD player, but it's got integrated audio, video, ethernet, and USB. These machines came out in the year 2000 and were a total flop. Around 40-50,000 were sold at a price of $199 each.
There is no (real) hard drive in the machine except for a 4MB Flash ROM. The machine was designed to run off a Linux live CD (which was in the drive - YAY!) The only software that loads up is a copy of Netscape. That's all this machine was designed for - to run Netscape to access the internet. I suppose it's a pre-cursor to ChromeOS.
So I've been having fun with this little machine. I've tossed in a couple other live Linux CDs and they run 100%. Perhaps if I get bored, I could install DOS on the 4MB flash drive. Regardless, it's a neat little machine. Too bad it's not expandable, because it would make a cool DVD player replacement in my living room.
There is no (real) hard drive in the machine except for a 4MB Flash ROM. The machine was designed to run off a Linux live CD (which was in the drive - YAY!) The only software that loads up is a copy of Netscape. That's all this machine was designed for - to run Netscape to access the internet. I suppose it's a pre-cursor to ChromeOS.
So I've been having fun with this little machine. I've tossed in a couple other live Linux CDs and they run 100%. Perhaps if I get bored, I could install DOS on the 4MB flash drive. Regardless, it's a neat little machine. Too bad it's not expandable, because it would make a cool DVD player replacement in my living room.