From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Oct 21 02:03:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA02768 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 21 Oct 1996 02:03:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA02762 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 1996 02:03:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id SAA07657 for hardware@freebsd.org; Mon, 21 Oct 1996 18:33:23 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199610210903.SAA07657@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Soyo --> Soltek To: hardware@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 18:33:22 +0930 (CST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Some perhaps-useful information... According to scuttlebutt, the 'brains' have left Soyo and are now working as/for Soltek. Against my better judgment (and because we were desperate for a new board today), we bit for one of their VX-based boards. The board looks very similar, style-wise, to a Soyo, although perhaps a bit neater. It's also a sub-baby-AT footprint. 256K PB onboard, 4xPCI, 4xISA, etc. SDRAM socket available as an option, COAST socket for more cache, &c &c. Basically, "everything works"; it worlds OK (though with a P120 on it, not in record time), and talks to our ISA card as needed. It also feels a shade snappier than the FX-based board it replaces (though this may be 'new broom' syndrome). The part number : SL-52B2, cost ~AUD$150.- ex. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[