[MLB-WIRELESS] Mini PCs (slightly OT) -PC104-esk stupid question.

[rick]

there are both sorts, some run of 12v some run of 5v some use the bus power

Gabrielle Harrison & Paul van den Bergen wrote:

> On Fri, 20 May 2005 12:33:04 +0100, Donovan Baarda  
> <abo at minkirri.apana.org.au> wrote:
>
>> PC104 is ISA on a stackable header. The cards are around 10cm square 
>> (or  was that 12cm?). It's kinda old now, and I believe there is now 
>> compact  PCI, which is a PCI equivalent.
>
>
> What I have never got a handle on is why the backplane? or rather, 
> how  does the back plane work? if you just buy the P104 board, do you 
> need a PC  to stick it in (I (mis-)recall Amigas working like this for 
> CPU  upgrades???)? or are there stand-alone backboards (powered comms 
> bus type  thingie)?
>
> anyway, enough about the hardware...
>
>


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