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Date:      Sun, 15 Jun 2003 20:54:58 +0100
From:      Scott Mitchell <scott+freebsd@fishballoon.org>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Via EPIA Mini-ITX motherboard
Message-ID:  <20030615195458.GF4880@tuatara.fishballoon.org>
In-Reply-To: <200306151737.h5FHb3WO001995@apollo.backplane.com>
References:  <20030610220919.41E1F5D04@ptavv.es.net> <200306121915.h5CJFGSL083703@apollo.backplane.com> <200306122247.32026.wes@softweyr.com> <200306130555.h5D5td1j086033@apollo.backplane.com> <87isr9n8dw.fsf@Pectopah.shenton.org> <3EEB2BDA.3040705@gmx.de> <3EECA891.9060900@sliderule.demon.co.uk> <200306151737.h5FHb3WO001995@apollo.backplane.com>

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On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 10:37:03AM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :Steve.
> 
>     From the UK www.miniitx.com is probably fine, but for people in the U.S. I
>     would use www.idot.com.  The problem with miniitx is that they use PayPal
>     and PayPal not only reams us on the currency conversion, they also don't
>     properly back out charges that go through currency conversions when 
>     something goes wrong (despite miniitx doing everything right I still had
>     to go to my Bank to fix PayPal's improper backout when a problem occured).
> 
>     Also, miniitx is a very small outfit and they've stated that they've
>     had problems with U.S. Delivery in the past.   Other then those issues,
>     the miniitx folk are really nice people.
> 
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon@backplane.com>

People in the UK, or indeed the rest of Europe, might also want to look at
http://www.linitx.com/  They have a slightly different range than the
mini-itx.com guys, including some different pre-assembled Mini-ITX systems,
and excellent customer service and order tracking, IME.  Between the two of
them you should be able to find everything you need in the Mini-ITX
department.

There's also http://www.cfide.co.uk/ for (surprise!) Compact Flash <-> IDE
adapters of various kinds, and http://www.ultim8pc.co.uk/ who also do
Mini-ITX components, although I haven't dealt with them at all so far.

	Scott

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