Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 11:31:16 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: phk@critter.tfs.com (Poul-Henning Kamp) Cc: imp@village.org, jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, sef@kithrup.com, dennis@etinc.com, louie@TransSys.COM, hackers@freebsd.org, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Frame Relay and FreeBSD Message-ID: <199602160101.LAA24146@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <1508.824369497@critter.tfs.com> from "Poul-Henning Kamp" at Feb 15, 96 08:31:37 am
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Poul-Henning Kamp stands accused of saying: > > > One thing to keep in mind is that PCs also come in 4"x4"x4" cubes that > > are expandible via PC-104 bus cards. Something like this could easily > > stack like firewood to fill a small space in little time. Put a > > ramdisk or flashram card inot this mix, run FreeBSD on it and you have > > a nice little box. I believe that these boxes are 100% PC compatible, > > but am not 100% positive. They are showing up in places like the > > Circuit Cellar magazine. I don't hink you'll find a pentium on one of > > these boxes, but I recall seeing 386 and 486 in them. > > These are the absolute craze in automation and industrial environments. > You can get P5s, I've even seen a P6 prerelease. A couple of problems with these units : Co$t (Especially for anything more than a 486DLC Heat dissipation PC-104 is ISA on a different connector Having said that, if space is critical, they're a great way to go. > Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "I seek PEZ!" - The Tick [[
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