I have been away for a while and then began a painful interlude with my back. I am, however, mostly back to the task in hand. I found, by a very strange route, a new board that seemed to promise more than anything else yet tried. So I bought one. The supplier is Cool Components and The Cubieboard is the board. It is small, well made, inexpensive and very powerful for the price. It arrives with Android 4.1.1 pre-installed and runs straight out of the box. Imagine a Raspberry Pi that is capable of almost everything that a smaller PC can do and you have the right idea.
Yes, that is a sata connection you can see. What you cannot see is that this board also has a line in and headphone out capability as well. Click on the photo to take a closer look.
