From owner-freebsd-current Tue Nov 12 09:43:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA08360 for current-outgoing; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 09:43:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from spinner.DIALix.COM (root@spinner.DIALix.COM [192.203.228.67]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA08335; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 09:43:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from spinner.DIALix.COM (peter@localhost.DIALix.oz.au [127.0.0.1]) by spinner.DIALix.COM (8.8.2/8.8.2) with ESMTP id BAA12031; Wed, 13 Nov 1996 01:41:53 +0800 (WST) Message-Id: <199611121741.BAA12031@spinner.DIALix.COM> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: "Marc G. Fournier" cc: soward@service1.uky.edu, smp@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GigaByte GA-586DX-512 Motherboard In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 12 Nov 1996 11:40:50 EST." Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 01:41:52 +0800 From: Peter Wemm Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk "Marc G. Fournier" wrote: > On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, John Soward wrote: > > > > > I too have had excellent luck with this motherboard (and I too bought mine > > from Atipa, though I had somewhat less luck there ;-). I am not using the s mp > > code (yet), but I've had NT4, FreeBSD2.1.5, current, DOS, Win95, and NEXTST EP > > on it. The only things that have irked me were the need to get an ATX case, and > > ATX case? yeah, a long overdue idea. Basically, it's a standard form factor defining the shape, size etc of motherboards and has the connectors on the rear edge (serial, parallel, mouse, kbd etc) rather than floating on ribbon cables. The cpu is moved to a standard location to the right of the slots, directly in the airflow through the power supply. This means there are no obstructions in front of the slots, which are generally all full length.. Typically, this means that you take a standard baby-AT motherboard, rotate it 90 degrees anti-clockwise, and rotate the slot connectors back so they are in the same position as before. For a sample of what they look like, a (large) ATX motherboard can be seen on: http://www.tyan.com/s1668.htm and http://www.tyan.com/s1668i.jpg (no comment on the motherboard, this was just the first ATX picture I could find in my bookmarks :-) > Marc G. Fournier scrappy@ki.net > Systems Administrator @ ki.net scrappy@freebsd.org > Cheers, -Peter