@ksk ,
"...using Mac-style cpu modules instead of doing yet another propretory cpu module design. "
That's one of the (perhaps very few) advatages that A1XE has over Peg1 and Peg2.
I think anything that helps bring the costs of PPC hardware down (without killing performance) is good for us. Who knows, maybe some of those Mac hardware companies might see they could have access to a bit more than 2-3% of the desktop computer market.
The Peg boards do have firewire built-in IIRC. Now granted, a cheap firewire card costs about $60 Can. ($30-$40 U.S.), but look what happened to the AtariST because Atari decided to make MIDI ports standard, or even all(?) new Macs have firewire standard. I'd certainly like to see firewire standard in any future consumer A1s.
Zoltan