I recently got a single board computer (SBC) called RB-100 with a Vortex86DX from
RobotShop. It can operated with a 6V - 24 V battery. I suggest you to get the
RoBoard Starter Kit that includes a video card (Mini PCI - VGA-Z9S) and cables necessary for connecting devices like mouse, keyboard and a monitor. Video card is necessary for connecting a monitor to the board so that we can monitor the installation processes. Also download various manuals (hardware, software) from above links. The one tutorial which I found extremely useful and the one which worked for me is available
here. In case this link does not work, then try
this. You also need to download the modified Debian kernel for Vortex86D processor from this
link. The adjacent image shows the picture of the RB-100 SBC board without a video card and without any peripherals.
The next figure shows the peripherals connected to this board. This includes an USB mouse, an USB keyboard, a terminal, a LAN terminal and a 6V battery. It also shows the graphics card connected to its MINI PCI slot. The complete set up in the last picture below. I hope these pictures give you a feel about how to get started with this SBC. Because, when I started I was confused about how to put things together. I suggest you to go through the hardware manual that is available at RobotShop's site.
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