The CPU is a VIA C3 1.0A "Nehemiah" @ 1ghz (133 x 7.5) 15watt TDP Stepping is 6:9:8 RAM is 256mb @ 266mhz CL=2.5 expandable to 1gb in a single 184pin full size slot. This stepping of the CPU includes the full P686 instruction set and dual hardware random number generators. The SDK for using the RNG is no longer available on the VIA website. I should post the short C routine use it.
All of my units came with a stick of 500mb DDR 333mhz class 2.5 PC2700U memory.
BIOS date is Jan 2005, so I think Fedora 4 is the earliest RH release with an exact driver for the S3 Unichrome video card. All releases after RH9 have a VESA video driver and a driver for the VIA Rhine-II integrated network chip. The audio chip is AC/97 compatible, but I've yet to get one working.
Connections :
(1) External 100mbs Ethernet port
(4) External USB 2.0 ports
(2) Internal ATA-133 IDE sockets
(3) External Audio ports (mic in, line in, line out)
(1) Internal converter board for either compact flash cartridge or 144pin flash DOM to standard IDE socket. The CF card mounts as CF-ATA 1.1
Physically, it's 12.5" H x 10" D x 2" W
This model is really a very small standard PC main board with a standard AT 20pin power connection. However you want to arrange it long term, short term you simply need to open the case and plug in a surplus PC power supply and everything works from the front panel on-off switch.
Also you then have enough power for an external full size hard drive and CD drive. Because instead of the usual 44 pin DOM connection, there are two regular ATA IDE connections. To make it all work like a "thin client" a CF card / DOM converter to ATA IDE was included along with a standard ribbon cable.
Some quirks... Though there are two separate IDE connections, you need to make the drive on the red one master, and the drive on the other one slave. The MaxSpeed is also picky about hard drives and keyboards. In particular, it doesn't like small, old (less than 3gb and pre 2000) WD Caviar drives. Also the boot bios doesn't like some keyboards... HP ps/2 keyboards seem to work fine. Just saying so that if your newly acquired unit puts up a fight, try changing these things and go another round with it. Oh yeah, I haven't been able to get an IDE Zip drive to work either. The BIOS wants to change the CHS settings. Whatever, it's easier to use a USB memory stick anyhow.
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