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  1. 08-26-2001, 04:32 PM #1
    charlietomo
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    Question What about this SBC?

    I was wondering whether anyone had experience or views on this industrial PC type mainboard

    The website of the board

    It comes on an ISA "Passive Backplane", which as far as i gather means I get a small mainboard the size of an ISA card, and I also get 2 more ISA slots, say for sound and network.
    I was just wondering about the availabilty/price of the tfts for it, seeing as it has a "General purpose flat panel connector", which is I think 50 pin. The full list of supported tfts is at

    The tfts it supports

    I would be really grateful if someone could tell me if/where I could get a supported one and how much it is likely to cost.

    I can get the system, kitted out with P200MMX, 32mb RAM, Sound, Network, Floppy, HD for a reasnoble price, but seeing as I have already made my player V1 *DOH*, it is only any use to me if i can get a tft for it.....

    Thanks a lot

    Charlie
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  2. 08-27-2001, 10:45 AM #2
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    If you want to go for a small form-factor, you should take a look at PC104 and EBX.

    PC104 (and PC104+) cards are about 3.5" square and stack on top of each other like bread. A good place to look at whats available in the PC104/PC104+ form factor would be www.pc104.org or www.pc104.com.

    As for EBX, it is the size of a standard 5 1/4" drive and the mainboards usually come with a PC104 connector on them. I especially like the half-size EBX boards as they are the size of a 3.5" drive and usually carry the same punch. You should go to www.sbc-pc104.com to find some manufacturers.

    PC104 "stacks" can be driven by PC104 DC-DC power supplies and EBX boards/stacks can be driven by the Keypower (or any other brand) DC-DC power supplies.

    Then again, if you have a real need to use ISA backplane technology go for it. It's solid, but just not as small.

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  3. 08-27-2001, 11:49 AM #3
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    Keep in mind this doesn't really offer any space savings since it must be inserted into the ISA slot of another computer to work from what I understand. I could be wrong, though.
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  4. 08-27-2001, 03:27 PM #4
    charlietomo
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    Thanks guys, those links are very cool cj, but the main reason I asked about this board is that i can get it cheap (secondhand) from a shop nearby , so i don't have the options of the others, unless I save up loads...

    Thanks Again

    oh and BTW LCD Crazy, it dosn't need to be put in another pc's ISA slot, it has a special board for it with just 4 isa on
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  5. 08-27-2001, 04:09 PM #5
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    Thanks guys, those links are very cool cj, but the main reason I asked about this board is that i can get it cheap (secondhand) from a shop nearby , so i don't have the options of the others, unless I save up loads...
    How cheap is cheap? Various SBCs can be found for cheap on E-Bay as well. How much are they going fro at your local store?
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