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Alix.1c and Koala MiniPC case

Today I got case for Alix.1c mainboard. For reminding: this is PC Engines board in mini-ITX format, powered by AMD Geode LX800.

Package arrived from Koan Software and contained one of their products: MiniPC 2PCI case.

Package contents

There were many addons in the box:

60W 12V AC adapter 2.5″ ATA -> Slim DVD/CD adapter PCI riser for 2 slots wall mounting [...]

Is it time to replace WRT54GS?

Since few months I have 10/1Mbps network connection (downlink/uplink). Recently it was downgraded to 1/1Mbps and I had no idea why. Finally it appeared that my router was the problem…

Exact reason was QoS which I enabled few days ago. It looks like DD-WRT which I use now can not handle it on WRT54GS without degrading [...]

Why Alix board is nice and why not quite

There are nice things in Alix board design and few not quite nice.

Nice ones:

only 12V voltage needed (small external PSU is in package) DC-DC converter on board (so no need for ATX PSU or PicoPSU + 12V external PSU) slot for CompactFlash storage on board (no need for CF->ATA adapter) miniPCI slot low profile (board has height of dual [...]

PC Engines Alix1c arrived

During GUADEC time Stelios Koroneos from Digital Opsis announced that PC Engines company donated two Alix1c boards to OpenEmbedded. As the board is interesting I wrote that if no one else will mail than I would like to play with it.

Today it picked it on post office and brought home. First reaction during unpacking: “Wow, [...]