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Date:      Wed, 31 Jan 1996 11:01:32 -0500
From:      dennis@etinc.com (dennis)
To:        Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Watchdog timers (was: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards)
Message-ID:  <199601311601.LAA16743@etinc.com>

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>> > If you have a source for the $35 variant, I'd love to see it.  The only 
>> > reference I managed to track down was for a $400 product, which
unsurprisingly
>> > failed to enthuse me.  Currently I install 8-port relay boards in a
>> > nominated 'stable' system, and run lines from the motherboard reset pins
>> > to the relays.  Crude, but _very_ effective.  (Until someone runs the 
>> > 'cylon' program I use to test the cards 8)
>> 
>> One of the Europeans (Joerg?  Soren?) built a card.
>
>Emerging Technologies has a pricey but (apparently) flexible watchdog card,
>as I recall it was around $200.

This is $169......its on our ET/5025 sync board at no addtional cost if you
happen to need 
one of those. There is a driver for FreeBSD and a development kit with a sample
app if you want to incorporate it into an appliction or script.

dennis
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