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Re: pc/104 Boards

Thank you. You just kept me from wasting my hard earned money. :-)

Moritz Suerdieck

By the Way: If anyone on the list has some problems with german manuals: I
am willing to translate excerpts into English.

 wrote:

> Jump's 586 comes in several different flavors.   Two they'll tell you
> about, and one they won't.
>
> The first (older) has normal SIMMS that stand upright on the board.  I
> haven't used this.
>
> The second uses a DIMM in a horizontal socket.  This is 1997 vintage,
> first revision.
>
> The third revision did something odd.  For some reason the board will
> not work with the old Private Eye driver board.  Suspect IRQ or BIOS
> conflict.  Unsolved.
>
> WARNINGS:
>
> Be sure to put the DIMM RAM in the bottom slot.  Putting the
> RAM in the top slot (for flash memory) will kill the board.
>
> The instructions for the board, well, aren't.  Basically a pin-out and
> its all in German!
>
> The cable set they sell is horrible.  Buy Ampro's cable set for the
> 4DXI board instead.  Actually, you should really buy Ampro's 133MHz
> 486 instead of Jump's.  Easier to work with.
>
> Finally, there are 2 BIOS setups 1st gotten by pressing del or cntrl
> alt esc on boot.   The second by pressing alt f1 when it says OK.
>
> In general, I'm not impressed by Jump except for the IRDA port.

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