[RndTbl] Pico ITX system

Trevor Cordes trevor at tecnopolis.ca
Wed Dec 14 03:36:03 CST 2016


A lot of people asked me about buying the Pico ITX-sized VIA Artigo system 
I brought for the gadget show&tell at the meeting, so I thought I'd post 
the info here.

You can still find a few online, or I can also still get them from my 
suppliers (I run a computer reseller business) brand new for $130+tax.  I 
don't stock them so I need several weeks notice, but you may find it 
convenient to pick up at a meeting.

It's a kit so you need to assemble some of the parts yourself, but it's 
super easy with paper instructions with lots of pics.  For a few bucks 
more I can assemble it (I also stock compatible SSDs and can get RAM).

It comes as a near-complete system, all you need to add is a DDR2 SO-DIMM 
RAM stick (any leftovers from an old laptop will work), and a notebook 
hard drive (SATA or IDE) or any modern 2.5" SSD.

Why would someone want this box?  It's a full x86-compatible system so it 
runs any normal i386 distro (not ARM, so you can run Windows if you need 
to).  It also has SATA and IDE ports, which was why I wanted one 
originally (Pi-like things don't have this).

It turns out it has a VIA C7 1GHz processor; 1GB RAM max capacity; onboard 
100 ethernet, audio, usb, vga, dvi.  All in about 6x4x1.5".  I doubt these 
will be around much longer.

If you want one, email me privately and make sure "muug" is in the 
subject.  Thanks!


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