[wplug] OT - PSU question

[Chris Romano]

On 7/15/05, Robert E. Coutch <robert.coutch at verizon.net> wrote:
> On Friday 15 July 2005 04:24 pm, Chris Romano wrote:
> > I have been thinking about buying a couple VIA EPIA Mini-ITX boards
> > with the 1Ghz C3 chip.  These have very low power demands. So could I
> > take a decent sized PSU and splice a mini-itx connector to one of the
> > 4-pin power cords and run multiple boards from the same PSU?  Is this
> > just a terrible idea?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > chris
> >
> I use these at work for a custom application.
> 
> I suppose you could use 1 large power supply to power multiple boards.
> As long as you don't exceed the power supply's rating.
> 
> We use those lump in the middle type power adapters (110 VAC to 12VDC) on
> ours. One for each board.
> 
> BTW - The C3 doesn't run all x86 programs. I found that out the hard way.
> 
> -Bob

Is that all C3's?  I know on VIA's website that have some of the
boards listed as fully Windows and Linux compatible.

Chris