From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jun 9 12: 0:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from relay02.chello.nl (relay02.chello.nl [212.83.68.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D62237C502; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 12:00:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@chello.nl) Received: from chello.nl ([213.46.78.184]) by relay02.chello.nl (InterMail vK.4.02.00.00 201-232-116 license 2ee4e7c625482f2f2a1950a80f6c8d58) with ESMTP id <20000609185954.NDEH17505.relay02@chello.nl>; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 20:59:54 +0200 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by chello.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA25072; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 21:00:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 21:00:06 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Mike Smith Cc: Michael Bacarella , wc.bulte@chello.nl, FreeBSD hackers list Subject: Re: Comments on Athlon [motherboards] sought.. Message-ID: <20000609210006.A25022@freebie.wbnet> Reply-To: wc.bulte@chello.nl References: <200006091838.LAA04120@mass.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <200006091838.LAA04120@mass.cdrom.com>; from msmith@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 11:38:54AM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 11:38:54AM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > 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? > > It conects to the AC97 modem codec in the VIA chipset; you put the modem > line interface on a card and stick it in there. ie. it's a neat way to > again reduce the cost of a WinModem. And a horrible way to loose valuable PCB real estate that could have housed a PCI/ISA slot. A modem line interface on an L-shaped 'blech' with a cable to the mom board would be better IMHO. Would allow the owner to throw it away and put PCI/ISA expansion on the machine ;) -- Wilko Bulte FreeBSD, the power to serve http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message