| From: | Nick Lamburn |
| Date: | 1 Sep 2000 at 23:52:28 |
| Subject: | Re: PCI & the Mikronik z3 board |
Hi Alan
>>> The PCI slots on the Mikronik boards are not active (ie. they're not
>>> plugged into the Amiga side of things), they're just there on the
>>> busboard just in case someone made a bridgeboard to go from the Zorro
>>> to the PCI.
>>
>> In theory i think it would be possible to access the PCI slots from a
>> existing Amiga bridgwboard which is plugged in a Zorro and ISA slot, I'm
>> not sure. But as you say, a Single Board Computer can indeed plug in
>> there, allowing for a up to date PC with somw decent PCI slot access.
>
> So have you any idea where I can get one, what else I'll need & a
> rough price? Has anyone got one working already?
> In fact, has anyone got ANYTHING plugged into the PCI slots on a
> mikronik zorro board?
A single board PC can be obtained from many places, note the PC isa
compuyter in its own right it'll need a mouse, keybaord, floppy driv,. cd
drive hard disk etc. - it is not linked to the Amiga at all, except via the
PCI slot. I know this works with the ISA slots in an A3000 and A4000, as
for the PCI slots I cannot be 100% sure - but it seems as if it's 98% sure
you can! :)
If you go to the AllTheWeb search engine with http://www.alltheweb.com and
search for 'Single Board Computer UK' - you should get a list of UK
suppliers, selling anythig from 386, 486, Pentium, Pentium II, Celeron and
even PIII SBCs. All at good prices. because of PCI you should e able to
egta decent gfx. card/3d card as well i should imagine. :) Note most SBCs
come with no RAM or CPU, adding to the cost, but a Pentium II SBC is quite
cheap.
Hope this helps! :)
Regards
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