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2008-09-20 , 14:43
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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
I've been thinking about Rob's original idea, and what I'd personally like to see is a pocketable server with innate bluetooth, wifi routing ability, static storage, etc. Think about LAN parties taken to the next level: WLAN parties with MIDs of any kind that share a game hosted by the pocketable server.
Basically that is a Asus EEe or other kind of nettop. These are good to combine with (Symbian) phone, or in future N810WE or `N900'. In your case it'd be a portable server/router with a screen.

Imagine a NIT without any touchscreen, only being a server (not for games). It does GPS, WiFi, HS*PA, WiMAX, BlueTooth, and so on. It runs Linux or *BSD. Its basically a server/router. The EEe is then the client.

I have a laptop, and a `N900' i'd definetely use like this some time, you know

Or use this: http://news.softpedia.com/news/OpenB...nd-82111.shtml
Yes there are all kind of these options, but 266MHz AMCC PowerPC is in some cases not good enough for a game server. A nettop like the EEe would barely make it. AFAICT for Quake 2 you need approx a P2/400, for Quake 3 or ET you need approx a P3/800. An Asus EEe would just be good enough, I'd say.

Its also important what kind of hardware features you want on your STB. This one is pretty advanced, but also quite big.
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