From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Feb 4 17:43:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA21381 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 17:43:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw.etinc.com [165.254.13.209]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA21371 for ; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 17:43:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from ppp-082.etinc.com (ppp-082.etinc.com [204.141.95.142]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id UAA27896 for ; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 20:44:04 -0500 Date: Sun, 4 Feb 1996 20:44:04 -0500 Message-Id: <199602050144.UAA27896@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: hackers@freebsd.org From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: Watchdog timer Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >> [14]Terry Lambert writes... >> [14]** ISA MUST DIE. THIS IS NON-NEGOTIABLE. ** >> >> I have been reading the "build a watchdog timer board" thread with detached >> interest, and I thought this statement was extremely funny, and made >> me decide to respond. >> >> By going to PCI, you will ADD for a small-volume board (<1K units) >> roughly $40 per board JUST for the PCI, both for fabrication, electronics >> and mechanical packaging. Those PCI chipsets aren't cheap in low >> volumes, and the packges they come in eliminate do-it-yourself >> manufacturing. > >So let's all chip in $40 toward the death of PCI. 8-). boy is this a typo or what! db ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX