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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: keropi on May 29, 2006, 09:58:13 PM
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Once I have found on ebay a seller that had full pc's but on a isa or pci card... you know, something like the A2286AT , A2386SX cards, but with ram, p3's , vga etc all included on a card, and only drawing power from the host...! does anyone know how are they called so I can search them again??? I wanna add a pci one on my g-rex... :crazy: :crazy:
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Hi
I remind of a board called Portland
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Google is your friend!
Something like these? (http://www.acrosser.com/Product/Full%20or%20Half%20size%20PC/PCI%20SBC/PCI%20SBC_AR1841.html)
- Ali
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Try "single board computer".
Last summer I found an ad on 'freecycle' where a guy wanted to clear out his garage. I got a rack-mount server, mainly because I thought it would have a pile of hard drives in it. Turned out it had two of the boards you mentioned, both Pentium 233s with both PCI and ISA. VGA and all onboard. :-)
I've been tempted to try it in a spare 2000.
The CD-writer/DVD Rom combo drive I got from him was more usefull. :-)
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I looked at this a couple of years ago. Some quite high spec SBCs turn up on ebay from time to time...
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They look cool! You could put one inside an Amiga case, connect its LAN port to your network, and then use VNC/Remote Desktop to control it from the Amiga side :-)
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moto
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Can you get PCI Single Board Computers with WiFi built in? I've searched but can't find one.
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moto
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motorollin wrote:
Can you get PCI Single Board Computers with WiFi built in? I've searched but can't find one.
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moto
Not sure if I'm on topic, but check out:
http://www.gumstix.com/
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it seems that pci only sbc's do not exist? or are too expensive? haven't found one on ebay, only some combo pci/isa ones, and I bet that they are not using standar slots... also none has a soundcard, quite useless on industrial usage...
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This (http://www.getmis.com/catalog/single-board-computers/half-size-sbc/p_sbc-5643.html) seems to be a standard PCI port...
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moto
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Some call these cards CPU Bridgeport cards or CPU Bus cards or Server bus board cards
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http://www.impulse-corp.co.uk/industrialcomputerboards.htm
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I got given two P2 ISA SBC's and two free standing 486 SBC's.
I was going to stick one in my A4000 but the darn thing uses SO-DIMM's and just as I get the boards I lose my one SO-DIMM, go figure. :-)
Im thinking if Im not using them by the end of july they are going on to AmiRevival with a price tag. :-)
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Why not just pop a new Nano-ITX in the case somewhere. Small (12cm x 12cm total), low power consuption, good performance, and innexpensive...
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Innexpensive? :lol:
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cv643d wrote:
Innexpensive? :lol:
Compared to a SBC? Yes. :-P
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I have an 486@133Mhz on a ISA card. It is a full computer with RAM VGA IDE Serial, Parallel, LAN all on a card. But DO NOT PLUG IT INTO YOUR AMIGA!!!!
These devices might look ISA or PCI cards but they are actually the opposite. They DRIVE the bus. So you're in for some trouble putting it into a slot that is already driven. Basically you should plug these cards into dumb bussboards so you can use other cards the device can drive.
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oh thanx for the info, but I abandonned the idea when after searching I realised no sbc has a soundcard, lol
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Doppie1200 wrote:
I have an 486@133Mhz on a ISA card. It is a full computer with RAM VGA IDE Serial, Parallel, LAN all on a card. But DO NOT PLUG IT INTO YOUR AMIGA!!!!
These devices might look ISA or PCI cards but they are actually the opposite. They DRIVE the bus. So you're in for some trouble putting it into a slot that is already driven. Basically you should plug these cards into dumb bussboards so you can use other cards the device can drive.
amigas isa slots are a dumb busboards. so they should be ok but mediator and g-rex boards are not they would need a sbc capable of bus nagotiation and mastering.
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Perhaps you can use PowerLeap Renaissance with 1 GHz P3 or Omnicluster / 14 South SlotServer (700 MHz P3).
Unfortunately both cards are no longer available from the vendors.
http://www.powerleap.ca/Support.htm
http://www.businesswire.com/webbox/bw.040401/210940549.htm