We three three elves (Michael, Ian and I) have been busy.  We finally
made it through the challenges of booting Linux from Compact Flash,
and I've negotiated with my supplier (for weather stations) for a
"Squeak PC" configuration at a special price.  Since it's a cool
thing, and seasonally appropriate, I thought I'd send out an
announcement.
After unwrapping you get...
A black box that is just the right size for an LCD display stand (1.
75"x9"x11.5").  Also a 12v power supply that plugs into the wall.
Inside is a 533MHz VIA Mini-ITX motherboard with 64M of memory
installed.   There are no fans in the box, and it still stays cool.
On the front is a slot that accepts a compact flash card, which
appears to the processor as an IDE disk drive.  The Squeak PC is
shipped with a 96M flash installed which includes 1) A compact Linux 2.
4 boot system, 2) A full Squeak 3.6 (plus OSProcess and Games) with
Linux VM, and 3) about 60MB of free space (!).  ON the back is a host
of connectors that include stereo audio in and out, network, 2 USB,
RS232, mouse, keyboard, display, video and printer port.  There's much
more about the motherboards at  http://www.solarpc.com/bepia.htm
The unit is complete and ready to boot.  All you add is keyboard,
mouse and display.  With no fans and no disk, the only moving parts
are the boot button and hte electrons.  It is silent.  The 12v setup
is nice, since you can buy a UPS for the price of a battery, or power
it straight from your car.
The price is $250.
The supplier is SolarPC.com.  They make a specialty of Mini-ITX
products.  Check out their web site at  http://www.SolarPC.com
or jump straight to the order page at
 http://205.147.44.194/store/commerce.cgi?product=SolarPC
(The Squeak configuration is at the bottom of the page.  If you get
the message "The identity certificate is invalid", just say OK and
proceed).
The Flash is set up for Squeak but, of course it could be anything
else that is happy with this Linux.  Other squeak images should run
fine (you can import them via FTP, or a USB memory stick), and other
compact Linux-compatible systems should run fine as well.  Of course
you can put in more memory, and use bigger Flash or even a hard drive,
but we wanted to make the SPC simple and cheap.  If people get into
this, we can start a wiki page with useful info and fun hacks.
Ho, Ho, Ho..