Re: amd64 SBCs on which NetBSD would run ?

[Andrew Luke Nesbit <ullbeking%andrewnesbit.org@localhost>]

On 07/05/2019 13:23, David Brownlee wrote:
> On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 18:16, Mike Pumford <mpumford%mudcovered.org.uk@localhost> wrote:
>>
>> On 04/05/2019 15:30, Mayuresh wrote:
>>> On Sat, May 04, 2019 at 05:49:58PM +0800, Travis Paul wrote:
>>>> You mentioned that you were looking for an amd64 board.  Have you looked
>>>> at the PCEngines APU2 boards[1]? I have not personally tried them but
>>>> perhaps they fit your needs.

I hope you don't mind me jumping in on the conversation at this late
stage.  I've always had a bit of an allergic reaction to "high end"
SBC's like the APU2.  I feel they are overpriced, sometimes very much so.

For the same money as the APU2 you can get a real mainboard, one with a
much more solid construction and better performance.  Similarly with
many other SBC's in that price level.  If you look hard enough you can
get an entry-level serverboard with IPMI for not much more money.

I do like SBC's very much.  My favorite SBC is the OPi+2E, and I hope to
get NetBSD running on it in the near future.  But the advantage of SBC's
(for me) is when they are very cheap and/or promote creative things.

Andrew
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