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Date:      Sat, 10 Jun 2000 12:02:31 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com>
To:        wc.bulte@chello.nl
Cc:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, Michael Bacarella <mbac@nyct.net>, FreeBSD hackers list <FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Comments on Athlon [motherboards] sought..
Message-ID:  <394290C7.5B22A0E2@3-cities.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006091356580.18556-100000@bsd1.nyct.net> <200006091838.LAA04120@mass.cdrom.com> <20000609210006.A25022@freebie.wbnet> <39417879.10083937@softweyr.com> <20000610113056.C33942@freebie.wbnet>

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Wilko Bulte wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 05:06:33PM -0600, Wes Peters wrote:
> > Wilko Bulte wrote:
> 
> > > 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...
> 
> Right, that is exactly what I mean. I rather see a ISA/PCI combo slot that I
> might use than this AMR thing I will 100% sure never use.

The writeup on the ASUS home page indicated this slot will function as
a PCI slot. When I was reading it, it looked sort of like the old
VL-bus, which you could use as an ISA slot.

Kent

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