A hobobuild is a computer which is made from the lowest grade parts and run something like a small linux distro. My friends have a tendency to make these occasionally. The very best one I have seen, was on /g/ and ran a bit lower than 50$.
And so I chellenge you BRBu, to build a hobobuild.
Rules:
Only new items, no ebay, or craigslist, or anything.
Shipping cost is not included
Must be able to run something (anything really)
This is just the vital stuff to make a working system, price generally does not include peripheral.
Hints:
Don't use a HDD. Instead use a USB flash drive.
A CD drive is not vital.
Embedded Atoms are good processor canidates.
Make your own case out of cardboard.
Good luck soldiers!
Hm.....I don't think I could get as low as $50Â :
i have a collection of parts from computers from 98 or so, like 6 sticks of 128 mb ram lololol
im betting the whole lot is worth like $20, and i could probably put something together with all of these
also: cardboard case
Well rumsfald, you could run a nice little webserver on it.
Yea Caff it can be tough, my current window shopping is at about $90
lil d while generally they have to be what you can find new, I'm excited to see what you can make.
Hmm... this interests me. Might take a few months to gather parts around Ottawa though.
found a 1gb hdd, absolutely worthless, god damn how did people play on these
my friend is building one and all the parts he needs are apparently extremely popular among the people who make these.
real talk though, I have an Atari 65XE at work that has 65,536 bytes of RAM
Depending on the application of the box as well, could look into IDE > Flash Card converters. As long as once the box is set up/installed and files won't be modified too often (Firewall box, or similar) the write limitations of the flash card is totally negated.
While not exacly the cheapest thing I can find so far, I acutally am currently at 85$ with a micro-ITX board and an Atom. If I can get a similar set up at a cheaper price, I should put it in a shoe box.
What exactly would these little guys be used for?
I'm looking for some practical or entertaining applications here.
Run a nice little static webserver
The whole point is jsut to see the cheapest thing you can make.
(03-24-2010, 01:15 AM)Didzo link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Cloud_9ine link=topic=4374.msg142965#msg142965 date=1269408716]
Run a nice little static webserver The whole point is jsut to see the cheapest thing you can make.
Hmmm...
Anyone had a spare HDD?
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Ask Caff, I think he has a 1TB he can part with.
lol , technically all he needs is the motor and platter ..
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