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Re: better tiny computer platforms

On Tue, 4 Aug 1998  wrote:

| OK, I've got a question I've been curious about for a while, and since
| we're actually talking about this kind of hardware anyway, here goes:
| What do you do with/how do you use a computer that has the form factor of
| an ISA or PCI card? Do you have to use it in another machine, or can it be
| used on its own? And if so, how do you hook it up? Inquiring minds want to
| know!

On the Pentium board's list of features:

	- Built-in PC-104 expansion bus connector

So I suppose this card doesnt necessarily need to be plugged into a "real"
ISA/PCI bus. Just stack your PC-104 VGA card and other accessories on it.

The price of $299 suprised me... but I suppose this is just the board,
without cpu or RAM. I havnt checked prices lately on just plain chips, so
dunno how much the total cost of outfitting this board would be, compared
to a Ampro P5i, which comes with a 133 or 166 Pentium... but still no ram
for $972.

Also, this Jameco page doesnt list power consumption for the board. I'd
wonder how it would compare to the Ampro P5i board with a comperable cpu.

			-Dale

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