On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 15:28:59 -0500, you wrote:
>I've been reading a lot about the so called book-sized PCs. They sem to be
>using hte NLX form factor motherboards. There isss only enough room for a hard
>drive and cd-rom. Everything else is on the motherboard. No slots but a few
>have risers that give you 1 or 2 slots depending on the case and motherboard
>manufacturer. Folks are building thin client machines out of these type of
>components and I'm interested in doing the same actually.
>
>Does anybody know any where in Atlanta where I can go and buy these components
>without havingt to mail order them and play shipping. I know that GinStar
>sells them but they don't have much information on what's physicall inside the
>box. I need to know what chipset the AGP video uses. Just saying SIS isn't
>enough.
>
>Any hints and pointers would be very much appreciated.
>
>V
A number of these newer ones aren't meant to be opened and have no expansion slots. Also I believe
the BookPC ones you'll see at Ginstar are using the i810 chipset with integrated graphics. Right
now to get it to work anywhere near right it needs a kernel patch. The on board nic is a PITA too
from what I recall and only had a working module for the 2.0 kernel. There are a number of semi
standard NLX form factor ones available. MSI makes/made a NLX board with onboard ATI video and
onboard intel 10/100 nic, model 6131. I have one and just gave a friend one. Asus also has made
some, but they're out of date now and I would recommend the MSI over the Asus
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Matt Yurman
PWR Group Inc.
http://www.pwrgroup.com/
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