Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 19:38:25 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Watchdog timers (was: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960203191457.16259B-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <199602031634.LAA25194@etinc.com>
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On Sat, 3 Feb 1996, dennis wrote: > > > > > >On Thu, 1 Feb 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > >> Actually, if you are in a board-building craze, how about a PCI-only > >> motherboard? > >> > >> 6 (or more) PCI slots > >> No frigging ISA slots. > >> No frigging IDE interface. > >> Zilog UARTs, not Intel (sync serial, X.25, Appletalk, HDLC) > >> NCR53C8xx SCSI on board > >> DEC21040 or AM79C970 ethernet on board > >> Motorola/Eagle MPC105 PCO Bridge/Memory controller > >> FIFO'ed floppy controller > >> S3964 PCI video(?) > >> bidirectional stereo DSP (Gravis?) > >> OpenFirmware boot ROMs > >> Some good clock hardware > >> Seperate keyboard and PS/2 mouse interface. > >> Maybe a parallel port (IEEE 1284 bidirectional/level 3) > > > >You'll also need a good bios for allowing to select if you want to boot > >from fd/hdd/network. And perhaps also some basic diagnostics (so if you > >think you have bad RAM you won't have to boot dos to run the test :) > > > >Anyway - just build the board and I warrant I'm going to buy some! > > you forgot the on-board watchdog timer :-) Won't be too bad :) > > This is a good antithesis of why PCs are so popular. One mans "dream > machine" is another mans boat anchor. I wouldnt take this machine > for free. Why? Never heard of an american buisnessmen refusing something for free... :) > "wouldn't use dumb sync uarts" > "can't plug in my internal modem" > "have to pay too much for a cd-rom drive" Just buy a PCI IDE card... Get a daughter PCI board with 6 IDE slots :) > "too expensive to throw away next month when the new (whatever they are) > processors > become available" > on of the reasons all-in-ones disappear so quickly. Why should you throw away as newer processors become available? The board isn't that bad... Besides - I'm in no position of upgrading all my computers every some months and there are more like me than alike. There still are big manufacturers who make motherboards in which nothing more than P5-100 fits. For me, the only problem is - what to do with *six* free PCI slots.... (OK - can think of how to fill three - but the others?) > dennis Sander.
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