Open Desktop Workstation

The Open Desktop Workstation, also referred to as ODW is a PowerPC based computer, by San Antonio-based Genesi. The ODW has an interchangeable CPU card allowing for a wide range of PowerPC microprocessors from IBM and Freescale Semiconductor.

It is a standardized version of the Pegasos II. It was the first open source based PowerPC computer and gave PowerPC a host/target development environment. Genesi have released the complete specification (design and component listing) free of charge. The ODW-derived Home Media Center won the Best in Show award at the Freescale Technology Forum in 2005. It also features an ATI certification and a "Ready for IBM Technology" certification.

It supports a variety of operating systems such as MorphOS, Linux, QNX and OpenSolaris. Manufacturing of the ODW have been discontinued in favour for EFIKA.

Specification

 * Freescale 1.0 GHz MPC7447 processor
 * 512 MB DDR RAM (two slots, up to 2 GB)
 * 80 GB ATA100 hard disk
 * Dual-Layer DVD±RW Drive
 * Floppy disk support
 * 3× PCI slots
 * AGP based ATI Radeon 9250 graphics (DVI, VGA and S-Video out)
 * 4× USB
 * PS/2 mouse and keyboard support
 * 3× FireWire 400 (two external)
 * 2× Ethernet ports, 100 Mbit/s and 1 Gbit
 * AC'97 sound - in/out, analog and digital (S/PDIF)
 * PC game/MIDI-port
 * Parallel and serial ports (supporting IrDA)
 * MicroATX motherboard (236×172 mm)
 * Small Footprint Case - (92×310×400 mm)