On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 09:53:15AM -0700, Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Peter Stuge wrote:
Ouch! Does anyone know what the problem is?
No
Also, do you recall which models any of those mainboards were?
every model I've had with a 3V pci bus.
Aha, a 5V PCI card will likely cause problems if plugged into a 3V bus, although that's not supposed to be possible thanks to the differently keyed connectors. Of course a bad POST card can key as a Universal board even if it only runs off 5V, but that's not all there is to it. To be at least a little future proof (who knows how long PCI will live) I fully intend to make it a real Universal board that works equally well in 5V and 3V systems, without any configuration required. This is possible within the PCI specification.
I still think a POST card with a Basic Stamp on it might be the best bet.
Any particular reason to specifically choose a BASIC Stamp rather than e.g. a PIC?
Has all email to/from the list been coming through correctly the last 12 hours? I'm not sure if I got some duplicates and delayed messages?
//Peter