TU-40 Computer System
The TU-40 Computer System is a small inexpensive embedded computer system marketed by ewayco in Taiwan. For the money, it has a surprising amount of power. On the downside, it takes a lot of effort to get it up and running. It is also known as the eBox-2300 by IPOC.
Specs
- TU 200Mhz Fanless System with 128mb ram
- AMI Bios
- 1280x1024 VGA (SiS 550 PCI/AGP VGA Adapter)
- RealTek 8100-B 10/100 MB Ethernet
- 3 USB 1.1
- AC-97 Audio
- Internal IDE with 256MB Flash Drive
- 1 CF Flash Slot
- 1 PS2 connector (either keyboard or mouse)
- VIA Technologies mini PCI wireless LAN 801.11b VT6655(?)
Vendors
http://www.compactpc.com.tw/ebox-2300.htm
Configuration Notes
Here is what I had to do to make
Puppy Linux run on this computer.
* Bring up wired ethernet card
Click on 'Connect' on the desktop, select configure network. Autoprobe should detect the NIC card as a '8139too'. Verify that the configuration works and save it.
* Configure VNC Server
I needed VNC server running so I could work more comfortably at my main "real" computer and work on the TU remotely. Besides, eventually I'll need this capability if the TU is onboard the robot and I need to monitor in realtime. Download TightVNC Server software
here. After installation, start it once from the 'menu'|'network'|'TightVnc VNC Server' to set your passwords. Then edit
* Configure Sound Card
Note that the alsa configuration wizard will NOT detect the sound card. To make sound work add the following three lines to '/etc/rc.d/rc.local'
modprobe soundcore
modprobe ac97_codec
modprobe sis7019
* Configure wireless card