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Date:      Tue, 17 Apr 2001 17:55:43 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>
To:        Soren Kristensen <soren@soekris.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: The ultimate board!
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.32.0104171748570.29273-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us>
In-Reply-To: <3ADCC317.AAE544DD@soekris.com>

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On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Soren Kristensen wrote:

> Hi Chris,
> > Does the board you will be making have both the MiniPCI and the
> > regular PCI slot on them like the board on the website?  I'm not sure
> > what MiniPCI is supposed to look like, but the card edge connector
> > hanging off the left side of the board in the picture on your website
> > looks like it would be the regular 3.3V PCI slot, right?  Is the area
> > just below the CompactFlash slot (which looks somewhat like a pad for
> > a PCMCIA slot) actually where the MiniPCI slot would go?  If so, is
> > MiniPCI similar to or even compatible with CardBus?  Or is that for an
> > actual PCMCIA/CardBus slot? :-)
>
> The board will have both the Std 3.3V PCI and the MiniPCI type III
> slot. The Area just below the CF socket is the MiniPCI type III
> socket, which is a 124 pins DIMM connector. (almost the same as
> laptop memory DIMM's)

Cool!  Are there many manufacturers who are making peripherals in the
MiniPCI form factor yet?  One interest might be a MiniPCI 802.11b
card.

> > Also, how hard would it be to put 64MB on it?  You might need to put
> > 32MB on all of the units to keep manufacturing costs down, but if it
> > isn't a big deal to put 64MB on some of them for people who need/want
> > that much memory, I'll spring for that.
>
> I'm planning to offer both 32 Mbyte and 64 Mbyte version, as there
> seem to be interest for that. The 64 Mbyte will probably cost
> around $25 more, as 256 Mbit chips is still relative more
> expensive.

I had figured about $30 more.  $25 is even better.  :-)


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