Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 14:58:17 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: jamie@itribe.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PnP PCI modem Message-ID: <4.1.19990105145650.00bf39d0@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <199901051954.MAA18014@usr08.primenet.com> References: <14757.915110288@verdi.nethelp.no>
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At 07:54 PM 1/5/99 +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: >> > So, does this mean motherboards with a decent number of PCI slots will >> > start appearing? >> >> I wouldn't count on it - I think it's more likely that you'll see more >> USB equipment. >> >> AFAIK it's rather difficult electrically to have more than five slots in >> one PCI bus. Thus if you need more, you'll need a system with more than >> one system bus to PCI bridge. Thus higher cost, lower volume. > >This is a current issue, and is related to the chipset. > >Apple has a good PCI chipset, as does DEC; I believe both support >6 slots without a bridge because they have seperate lines for 6 >slots. The Intel chips tend to have only 4 lines; some motherboard >manufacturers double up one of the lines to get 5 slots. I suspect >you could double up some of the lines on the DEC chip; don't know >about the Apple. There are boards out there with 7 PCI slots that run Pentium II's. If I remember right ASUS makes one, but don't quote me on that. It's very likely it isn't using an Intel 440 chipset at all though, probably some other company (BTC)? I find this board more practical now than I would say 2 years ago.. Because 2 years ago I still had a lot of ISA hardware. The only thing ISA now is my Sound Blaster AWE32. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us PGP ID: 409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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