[SunRescue] [OT] Looking for a *nice* LPX format x86 motherboard...

[Gil Young]

Found the below, I am sure there are more out there:

http://www.bcmcom.com/tech/sl620/sl620.htm
http://stores.yahoo.com/jinco/asp2nlxpenii.html
http://specs.emscomputing.com/cgi-bin/specs/specs.asp?pid="808456"&sid="3a9fd5f300da8c8e274040b6ad880742"&price="$147.65"

The last one may or may not be LPX, best wishes!

Gil


At 11:33 AM 3/1/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Remember the ELC/SLC systems Sun used to make? Well, take a look at this...
>
>Last night the mailman brought me the latest TigerDirect catalog, and 
>there, on P. 21 was a listing for a very novel computer case - it is a 
>"Moniputer" case, a 17" KDS monitor with an LPX case built-in to the base. 
>The monitor has a dot pitch of .28, and there are two models available, 
>one capable of 1024x768 @ 70hz refresh, and another that can do 1280x1024 
>@66 Hz refresh. There is room for a 5 1/4" drive (CD-ROM/DVD/CD-RW, etc) 
>and a 3 1/2" device (floppy, Zip, etc) in the front, as well as two speakers.
>
>This Moniputer case is $99. At TigerDIrect search on "moniputer" - these 
>are brand new, not pulls, seconds, or in any other way "second rate" products.
>
>The best deal I can find for a motherboard/CPU is at www.centrix-intl.com, 
>a PPro motherboard that is LPX format, with built-in S3 video (2 Meg) and 
>Crystal Audio for $29, and a PPro/180 w/256K cache for $12. This MB can 
>take up to 128 Meg, as 2x banks of 2 32 Meg 72 pin SIMMs.
>
>I would prefer to stuff such a system with an LPX motherboard that can 
>take a standard Slot 1 or other "current" CPU, and up to 256 Meg SDRAM, 
>and of course, built-in SCSI, 10/100 Networking, audio and video would be 
>nice too - anyone know of such a motherboard that is a reasonable price?
>
>I think such a system would make a nice upgrade to my son's AMD K5/120 
>system, all in one box.
>
>Ken
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Gil Young
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