From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jun 9 11:23: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 326F137C491 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 11:23:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Received: from localhost (narvi@localhost) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id UAA17821; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 20:22:57 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 20:22:56 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi To: Michael Bacarella Cc: FreeBSD hackers list Subject: Re: Comments on Athlon [motherboards] sought.. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Michael Bacarella wrote: > > > > > I appreciate the KA7 PCI/ISA combo slot instead of the useless AMR thingy Asys > > > > has on their praised K7V (mind you, I like Asus as such, excellent > > > > experiences with them over the years). > > > > > > Ugh. I was suprised that I couldn't find an Asus K7V without a stupid AMR > > > slot, especially since I only heard good things about the board > > > itself. I made an honest attempt but just ended up ordering it > > > anyway. I've tried to figure out what that slot does but I've only come > > > across market-speak. > > > > > > What does it do? > > > > > > > If AMR == Asus Media Slot, then it's a slot that is simultaneously PCI and > > ISA, so you can have a PCi video card and ISA soundcard on one card. > > They're about a third of the size of a PCI slot, so I don't see how that > would be conveniant. :) > But isn't it at the end of a PCI slot? If no, then they actually did come with a next stupid thing that has the same abreviation. A switched away from asus some time before athlon came out. > Michael Bacarella > New York Connect Net > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message