Hobobuild Challenge

[Cloud_9ine]

A hobobuild is a computer which is made from the lowest grade parts and run something like a small linux distro. My friends have a tendency to make these occasionally. The very best one I have seen, was on /g/ and ran a bit lower than 50$.

And so I chellenge you BRBu, to build a hobobuild.

Rules:
Only new items, no ebay, or craigslist, or anything.
Shipping cost is not included
Must be able to run something (anything really)
This is just the vital stuff to make a working system, price generally does not include peripheral.

Hints:
Don't use a HDD. Instead use a USB flash drive.
A CD drive is not vital.
Embedded Atoms are good processor canidates.
Make your own case out of cardboard.

Good luck soldiers!

[rumsfald]

[CaffeinePowered]

Hm.....I don't think I could get as low as $50  :

[beep beep diglett]

i have a collection of parts from computers from 98 or so, like 6 sticks of 128 mb ram lololol

im betting the whole lot is worth like $20, and i could probably put something together with all of these

also: cardboard case

[Cloud_9ine]

Well rumsfald, you could run a nice little webserver on it.

Yea Caff it can be tough, my current window shopping is at about $90

lil d while generally they have to be what you can find new, I'm excited to see what you can make.

[Duck, Duck, Goose]

Hmm... this interests me. Might take a few months to gather parts around Ottawa though.

[beep beep diglett]

found a 1gb hdd, absolutely worthless, god damn how did people play on these

[Squishy3]

my friend is building one and all the parts he needs are apparently extremely popular among the people who make these.

real talk though, I have an Atari 65XE at work that has 65,536 bytes of RAM

[Kirby]

Depending on the application of the box as well, could look into IDE > Flash Card converters. As long as once the box is set up/installed and files won't be modified too often (Firewall box, or similar) the write limitations of the flash card is totally negated.

[Cloud_9ine]

While not exacly the cheapest thing I can find so far, I acutally am currently at 85$ with a micro-ITX board and an Atom. If I can get a similar set up at a cheaper price, I should put it in a shoe box.

[Didzo]

What exactly would these little guys be used for?

I'm looking for some practical or entertaining applications here.

[Cloud_9ine]

Run a nice little static webserver The whole point is jsut to see the cheapest thing you can make.

[Didzo]

Run a nice little static webserver The whole point is jsut to see the cheapest thing you can make.

Hmmm...

Anyone had a spare HDD?

http://watchismo.blogspot.com/2010/03/di...ee-to.html

[HeK]

[quote author=Cloud_9ine link=topic=4374.msg142965#msg142965 date=1269408716]
Run a nice little static webserver The whole point is jsut to see the cheapest thing you can make.

Hmmm...

Anyone had a spare HDD?

http://watchismo.blogspot.com/2010/03/di...ee-to.html
[/quote]

Ask Caff, I think he has a 1TB he can part with.

[Vandamguy]

lol , technically all he needs is the motor and platter ..