From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jun 9 16: 6:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from obie.softweyr.com (obie.softweyr.com [204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19B2237B7EF; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 16:06:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.com (ip110.salt-lake-city9.ut.pub-ip.psi.net [38.31.167.110]) by obie.softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA09235; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 17:06:45 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Message-ID: <39417879.10083937@softweyr.com> Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 17:06:33 -0600 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: wc.bulte@chello.nl Cc: Mike Smith , Michael Bacarella , FreeBSD hackers list Subject: Re: Comments on Athlon [motherboards] sought.. References: <200006091838.LAA04120@mass.cdrom.com> <20000609210006.A25022@freebie.wbnet> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Wilko Bulte wrote: > > 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 ;) Ah, the K7V already has as many PCI slots as you can drive off the existing bridge, and who wants ISA slots these days? Oh, there is the WaveLan ISA card I need... -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message