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In what way? I ran one of those for a while. It was just a low end, low power CPU. It ran standard X86 code, and I had Linux running on it. I'd say it was stil
by dale_glass 4y ago
In what way? I ran one of those for a while.
It was just a low end, low power CPU. It ran standard X86 code, and I had Linux running on it. I'd say it was still not ideal, as the system I had had a CPU fan and the inside of the case got pretty hot. I recall the CPU supported crypto and RNG acceleration, which I think was a nice and fairly rare feature at the time.
Other than that, VIA's hardware sucked. The CPU is unimpressive and the board I got had an embedded NIC that corrupted network packets. That one was fun to figure out.
- rzzzt 4y agoThe "RISC-ish instruction set underlying the x86 facade"-part: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_Instruction_Set https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_Instruction_Set Edit: also the "cool chip in a can" packaging from one of the contemporary computer conventions. And possibly the mini-ITX era was also kickstarted with a C3-powered motherboard, I think...?
- dale_glass 4y agoInteresting! Unfortunately I developed a searing hatred of VIA hardware back then. Besides the slow CPU and buggy board, I also managed to run into the SB Live + VIA chipset = disk corruption issue.