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Date:      Tue, 05 Jan 1999 15:21:00 -0500
From:      Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com>
To:        sthaug@nethelp.no
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PnP PCI modem
Message-ID:  <4.1.19990105151903.00bcd230@genesis.ispace.com>
In-Reply-To: <23139.915567278@verdi.nethelp.no>
References:  <Your message of "Tue, 05 Jan 1999 14:58:17 -0500"> <4.1.19990105145650.00bf39d0@genesis.ispace.com>

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At 09:14 PM 1/5/99 +0100, sthaug@nethelp.no wrote:
>> There are boards out there with 7 PCI slots that run Pentium II's.  If I
>> remember right ASUS makes one, but don't quote me on that.  It's very
>> likely it isn't using an Intel 440 chipset at all though, probably some
>> other company (BTC)?  I find this board more practical now than I would say
>> 2 years ago.. Because 2 years ago I still had a lot of ISA hardware.  The
>> only thing ISA now is my Sound Blaster AWE32.  
>
>I only found an Asus board with 6 PCI slots, the P2B-D2. And the reason
>it has 6 slots is because this is an I2O board. (As Asus says in their
>specifications: 3 primary 32-bit PCI and 3 secondary PCI slots).

That could be it.. I'd have to do some digging.  I don't see me migrating
to another board anytime soon.. I'd probably put another Supermicro board
in to replace this P6DBS either way.  This is 4-3.. Although if I remember
correctly one of my Biostar Pentium boards was 5-3, which was with 1 secondary.


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Drew "Droobie" Baxter
Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM)
OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA
http://www.droo.orland.me.us

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