I have a motherboard that does a lot of what you want. it wouldn't
be much more work (for the manufacturers) to make it do the rest.
On 21 Mar 2001, at 16:01, Day wrote:
> 1- both PS-2 and AT DIN keyboard and mouse jacks.
Has AT - get an adaptor for $2 to use PS2 keyboard. Use a com
port for mouse if no PS2 one available (it has a PS2 mouse port)
> 2- both 72 & 168 DRAM slots
who really uses 72 pin RAM anymore? I'd like to see SDR/DDR
support instead. plus EDO is slow and expensive these days.
> 3- Full size, for as many PCI and E)ISA slots a possible
EISA! run! hide! This one has 3 PCI and 2 ISA with one shared.
> 4- cheapest possible video support with maybe AGP slot if cost
> effective.
No AGP slot but the onboard video is there. uses shared memory.
> The abundance of slots would fit any other SVGA controller,
> and at some
> point, flat panels will get affordable, and those flats which
> I have seen
> requrire their own video controller card.
> 5- both ATX & AT (P-8 & P-9) power jacks.
got this. whats "(P-8 & P-9)"?
> a- with power and hd led LEDs on board. (You ever janked a card
> not noticing
> the power was still on? almost as mcuh of a rush as dribbling
> hot solder on
> a motherboard. :-}
> 6- Bios that uses the 'DEL' key during boot to access the CMOS.
> 7- On board FD, IDE, PTR, com 1 & 2, but with .1 DIP pins, not
> the DB-9 or 25
> on the back edge of the board (might need that area for more
> slots.)
All the onboard things have connectors that go to the vertical slots.
It has them all:
[video] [2 com ports | PS/2 mouse] [LPT | 2USB] [sound | game]
and then 4 spare for other cards. (i have a network card installed)
As well as the IDE/FDD ports are on board. You don't need any
extra cards to run this board! It was also very cheap to purchase.
> 8- ZIF CPU socket
i suppose.
> 9- built in com port surge suppression. A 90v zener is only 20
> cents.
> 10- 11-???
> any suggestions for other criteria?
>
> The idea is to construct the most reliable, crash-proof, and bug
> free system
> possible, running the longest on UPS batteries.. (obviously
> important if you
> live in California these days, or any rural area anywhere)...
> which is why we
> need the Carusoe chip. Intel sucks... 60 watts or so, the
> former- 5 watts.
This motherboard is running a Cyrix PR266 chip. I'm not sure how
energy-effiecient it all is. But, being Cyrix, I can't say it's bug free ;-)
My mother thinks it is very fast. And it is compared with the old
386. The display on the front of the case only has two digits so it
still says "25MHz". Heh.
It is Tomato. There doesn't seem to be a model number on the box
that i can see.
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