Hello folks, just decided to try and build a DreamPI for $20. Some may say I am crazy, but I think I actually just did it. Still waiting on all parts to arrive in Texas, but I just got the Pi Zero original model, a USB fax modem, some USB micro to USB adapters, and a USB Wifi dongle. Will have to build my own Line voltage inducer but should be pretty easy.
Pi Zero for under $10 shipped brand new! $5.00 for Pi, and $4.14 shipping.
https://www.adafruit.com/product/2885
USB Fax modem for $8.99 free shipping.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-USB-56K ... 2749.l2649
USB WIFI adapter for about $1.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-USB-WiFi- ... 2749.l2649
And finally 2, Micro USB to USB 2.0 adapters for connecting a USB hub and WIFI dongle for about $0.75, free shipping.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-x-Micro-USB- ... ctupt=true
Now we can question the quality of the parts from China all we want, but I set out to see if this could be done for a budget instead of paying somebody else a full $90 to do the same damn thing. Now, not knocking the ones who sell them for that, but I set out to see if I could do it for a Jackson or under, with the bare minimum. The ultimate goal here is to internalize this inside of my Dreamcast.
So how did I do? Should pretty much any USB fax modem work?