> > Motherboard w/o RAM and CPU, DM 2000.-- / us$1185.--
> > incl. SCSI, serial/parallel,
> > FDC, Ethernet, EISA Ctrl. etc.
This is to much for me. Where does the cost come from? SCSI seems cheap,
serial seems cheap.
A rough break down would help play the price/performance gain.
If enough people support it I wish you the best of luck, for me I'll either
have to not go riscy or go for less ambitious motherboard.
Would dropping the EISA/bus completely make a big difference? Switching
to ISA?
Are any other chipsets/cheaper in contention? The sgi reference designs?
Changing the memory interface from 128 to 64? to 32?
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