>> The cobalt cube (see www.cobaltnet.com) seems to be an interesting
>> device. Currently it runs under Linux, but ...
> They offer them as ready to use WEB hosting servers, don't they?

And mail servers (sendmail, pop3/imap4) and file servers
(samba/netatalk) etc.  I've set up a couple for clients.  They're nice
little boxes.

>> It seems that there is some sort of MIPS prozessor in it. 
> IIRC it sounded more like a PPC based system.

They use a mips architecture QED RM5230 (http://www.qedinc.com/prod_web1.htm)

--Brian;