31 Jan
2012
31 Jan
'12
12:14 a.m.
On 01/29/2012 05:43 PM, joe lobocki wrote:
I wanted to add one to my collection, but for what
they sold for about two
years ago, I decided against it.
The MIPS-based Cobalt machines have a big following. I know probably
a dozen people who run NetBSD or Linux on them and use them for home
servers and network utility boxes. They're extremely power-efficient.
That's why their prices are high.
I also remember reading somewhere that telnet-ing (or
some other hacking)
into the qube voided the warranty... I could be off though.
I don't remember anything at all like that. I do recall, though,
that they went out of their way to get people to configure the machines
via their (admittedly kinda neat) front-panel LCD and buttons, rather
than properly editing the config files like a grownup.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
New Kensington, PA