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This is the cheapest PowerPC development system I've ever seen. Caveat: I haven't tried it myself; I just saw the review on Developerworks.
Vendor site: http://kurobox.com Review: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/pa-bargain.html?ca=dgr-lnxw02KuroBox Review: http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Reviews-171-ProdID-KUROBOX.php
$160 for the basic unit (200 MHz, 64 MB, ethernet, USB, Freescale 8241 CPU, "sort of like a PowerPC 603e") $240 for the spiffy one (266 MHz, 128 MB, gigabit ethernet, USB) You have to add your own hard drive, but the thing comes in a nice case with power supply, and a Windows setup disk that will find the unit on the LAN and format its hard drive remotely, putting a Linux 2.4.17 kernel and a bunch of Linux programs on it.
That's about as cheap as X86 SBCs. It's almost as cheap as things like the WRT54G, but unlike those, this is *designed* to be used as a Linux development system, which makes it a bit more convenient.
I think it's a loss leader, so get it while you can; they might run out and stop building more. I think they're hoping people will build cool software for these things that will make it worth them building more. - Dan
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