dans.blog: MTube - The world's smallest ColdFusion Server?

There's always tons of stuff shown off at CES each year. This year VIA showed off a prototype of 3.5" x86 PC that was running Linux. mtube They're promoting it as an advanced PMP, but I could definitely using it as some kind of portable server.

The specs I could find on Gizmodo list the following:

Processor: VIA C7-M @ 1.0 GHz
Storage: 8 GB Flash
Display: 2.8" LCD
Resolution: 640 x 480
Dimensions: 8.5 cm x 8.5 cm x 2 cm
Weight: 150 g
Battery Life: 4 hours
Connectivity: WiMAX & WiFi
Video Codecs: H.264, WMV, RMVB, MOV, FLV, DIVX

I did some searching, but haven't been able to find any specs about RAM. However, this is still a prototype and isn't expected to be in production until 2009. Depending on the amount of RAM the computer ends up having, I could definitely see this being a nice little portable server to carry around—amongst other things.

Here's a nice little video from CES:

Categories: Technology, HTML/ColdFusion

7 Comments

Jim Priest
Jan 11, 2008 @ 12:14 PM

Cool! I've seen some smaller servers - but they didn't have a screen :)

The real question is will it run Quake?
Dan G. Switzer, II
Jan 11, 2008 @ 12:27 PM

@Jim:

Considering the requirements for playing Quake, I would imagine it would:

# MS-DOS 5.0 or higher or Windows(R) 95/98 operating system
# Intel Pentium(R) 75 MHz processor or better
# Memory: DOS -- 8 MB RAM required (16 MB recommended)
Win 95 -- 16 MB RAM required (24 recommended)
# VGA compatible display or better
# Hard disk drive with 80 MB of uncompressed space available

I imagine it would be hard to play without some kind of input device though. :)
Jim Priest
Jan 11, 2008 @ 12:34 PM

You just touch the screen to move and tap to shoot :)
Dan G. Switzer, II
Jan 11, 2008 @ 12:44 PM

But how do you move forward and back? :)
Jim Priest
Jan 11, 2008 @ 12:49 PM

Hmm. An internal tilt sensor!!
Dan G. Switzer, II
Jan 11, 2008 @ 12:54 PM

Glad to see you're always thinking!
Jim Priest
Jan 11, 2008 @ 1:00 PM

Actually I imagine it'll take a few beers, a soldering iron, some duct tape and a Wii controller - but someone WILL do it and post to Slashdot to announce their success. :)

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