mini-itx not small enough...behold nano-itx - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Cocktopus · 09-25-2003, 01:02 PM

"Nano-ITX is VIA's next generation small form factor embedded motherboard, measuring just 120mm x 120mm. The secret of Nano-ITX is the Nano-BGA (Ball Grid Array) package, which has allowed VIA to squeeze a 1Ghz C3 CPU into just 15mm square. This is a pre-production board, so specifications could change - but from our blurred photographs this version looks to have a VT8237 South Bridge, SODIMM RAM slot, SATA connector, 2 x IDE connectors, (1) PS/2 connector, TV-Out, 3 Audio Jacks, VGA, LAN, 2 x USB and a Mini-PCI slot on the reverse. There may be a heatsink on the real things, and we're not entirely sure how the board is powered yet."

LAN, TV-Out and SATA

<a href="http://www.mini-itx.com/news/computex2003-1/" target="_blank">[Pictures]</a>

rubicon · 09-26-2003, 07:20 AM

Nice! I've been considering installing a "carputer" for some time. Now I just need to wait for the LCD touchscreens to come down in price.

Mr_Q · 09-26-2003, 08:19 AM

That's pretty impressive!

It even has on-board LAN (looks like it, at least).
That'd be pretty cool for a mini-system. It'll probably be expensive as hell for a while though.

Oh well. I don't have the money for another computer right now anyway, even a cheap one.

sadistic midget · 09-26-2003, 03:42 PM

I've been looking at the Mini-Itx's as I have an old, old, old Osbourne Victor 4 that I took apart and am itching to put back together in a new way. The only thing that will fit correctly is the mini-itx anybody actually have experiance with these boards?

rubicon · 09-27-2003, 11:52 AM

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Originally posted by sadistic midget
I've been looking at the Mini-Itx's as I have an old, old, old Osbourne Victor 4 that I took apart and am itching to put back together in a new way. The only thing that will fit correctly is the mini-itx anybody actually have experiance with these boards?

Got any photos of the Osbourne Victor? Couldn't find any Google references to it.

aoLhaTer · 09-27-2003, 05:08 PM

yup, pretty cool

merkerguitars · 09-27-2003, 06:03 PM

holy tiny...that would make a nice car computer

sadistic midget · 09-28-2003, 11:16 AM

<img src="http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos/osborn_vixen_2.jpg">

this is the only picture I found. It is actually a vixen not a victor.

Sapper · 09-28-2003, 01:47 PM

Very cool advances!!

ack32 · 09-28-2003, 03:06 PM

I wonder why nobody makes motherboards based on mobile cpus... like the athlon mobile chip or the Pentium M. I think it'd be pretty remarkable to have a small, low-heat machine (much like this "nano-itx" board), but be powerd by a small 56W AC Adapter (no moving parts to make noise) and be super fast (Pentium-M speed, not crappy 1GHz C3 speed....)

I think I saw somewhere that some company was releasing a Mini-ITX mobo that supported P4 chips, but I don't think it's out in large numbers yet.

rubicon · 09-28-2003, 04:28 PM

Great photo of the Vixen!

sadistic midget · 09-28-2003, 05:11 PM

Yeah I want to put an LCD in place of the screen and use the existing keyboard with it. Lotta work....

Johnny Rotten · 09-28-2003, 05:55 PM

I can't tell from the second photo if that's an S-video jack on the bottom left or a PS/2 port. You'd think that with so little space, they would forgo legacy connections, but at the same time, S-video seems pretty advanced.

09-25-2003, 01:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cocktopus Insane	mini-itx not small enough...behold nano-itx "Nano-ITX is VIA's next generation small form factor embedded motherboard, measuring just 120mm x 120mm. The secret of Nano-ITX is the Nano-BGA (Ball Grid Array) package, which has allowed VIA to squeeze a 1Ghz C3 CPU into just 15mm square. This is a pre-production board, so specifications could change - but from our blurred photographs this version looks to have a VT8237 South Bridge, SODIMM RAM slot, SATA connector, 2 x IDE connectors, (1) PS/2 connector, TV-Out, 3 Audio Jacks, VGA, LAN, 2 x USB and a Mini-PCI slot on the reverse. There may be a heatsink on the real things, and we're not entirely sure how the board is powered yet." LAN, TV-Out and SATA <a href="http://www.mini-itx.com/news/computex2003-1/" target="_blank">[Pictures]</a> Last edited by Cocktopus; 09-25-2003 at 01:04 PM..

09-26-2003, 07:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
rubicon Stop. Think. Question. Location: Redondo Beach, CA	Nice! I've been considering installing a "carputer" for some time. Now I just need to wait for the LCD touchscreens to come down in price. __________________ How you do anything is how you do everything.

09-27-2003, 06:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	holy tiny...that would make a nice car computer __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985

09-28-2003, 01:47 PM	#9 (permalink)
Sapper Insane Location: The Internet	Very cool advances!! __________________ rm -f /bin/laden

09-28-2003, 04:28 PM	#11 (permalink)
rubicon Stop. Think. Question. Location: Redondo Beach, CA	Great photo of the Vixen! __________________ How you do anything is how you do everything.

09-26-2003, 08:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mr_Q Tilted Location: Minnesota	That's pretty impressive! It even has on-board LAN (looks like it, at least). That'd be pretty cool for a mini-system. It'll probably be expensive as hell for a while though. Oh well. I don't have the money for another computer right now anyway, even a cheap one.

09-26-2003, 03:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
sadistic midget Upright	I've been looking at the Mini-Itx's as I have an old, old, old Osbourne Victor 4 that I took apart and am itching to put back together in a new way. The only thing that will fit correctly is the mini-itx anybody actually have experiance with these boards?

09-27-2003, 05:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
aoLhaTer Tilted	yup, pretty cool

09-28-2003, 11:16 AM	#8 (permalink)
sadistic midget Upright	<img src="http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos/osborn_vixen_2.jpg"> this is the only picture I found. It is actually a vixen not a victor.

09-28-2003, 03:06 PM	#10 (permalink)
ack32 Tilted	I wonder why nobody makes motherboards based on mobile cpus... like the athlon mobile chip or the Pentium M. I think it'd be pretty remarkable to have a small, low-heat machine (much like this "nano-itx" board), but be powerd by a small 56W AC Adapter (no moving parts to make noise) and be super fast (Pentium-M speed, not crappy 1GHz C3 speed....) I think I saw somewhere that some company was releasing a Mini-ITX mobo that supported P4 chips, but I don't think it's out in large numbers yet.

09-28-2003, 05:11 PM	#12 (permalink)
sadistic midget Upright	Yeah I want to put an LCD in place of the screen and use the existing keyboard with it. Lotta work....

09-28-2003, 05:55 PM	#13 (permalink)
Johnny Rotten lost and found Location: Berkeley	I can't tell from the second photo if that's an S-video jack on the bottom left or a PS/2 port. You'd think that with so little space, they would forgo legacy connections, but at the same time, S-video seems pretty advanced. __________________ "The idea that money doesn't buy you happiness is a lie put about by the rich, to stop the poor from killing them." -- Michael Caine