Incredible shrinking PCs appear at U.K. LinuxExpo [ZDNet]
Oct 14, 2002 — by LinuxDevices Staff — from the LinuxDevices Archive — viewsMatt Loney, of ZDNet UK, reports on some tiny Linux computer systems which were showcased at the LinuxExpo held in London last week . . .
“If a dictionary-sized PC is too big, how about one the size of a video cassette? Or a pack of playing cards?”
“Some of the smallest PCs around were on show at the LinuxExpo in London's Olympia exhibition centre last week. One was even smaller than a pack of playing cards . . .”
“. . . over at the Debian stand Cambridge-based firms Aleph One and Toby Churchill Ltd were demonstrating Balloon — a tiny (100 x 55 mm) ARM-based computer running a port of Debian Linux . . .”
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