djackson99
09-17-1999, 04:29 PM
I have looked into buying a rack full of 60 P133 Single Board Computers and the cost comes out to $750 per unit. I dont see why I can not do this cheeper by adapting standard motherboards. Here are my requirements:
1. Onboard Video, 2Mg VGA is fine
2. Onboard 100/TX
3. 32 Meg of Ram (16 megs is for a Ram Drive)
4. Diskless Support: Boot PROM that lets the motherboard boot from an NT network server.
I'd like to boot Win98, but Win95 is ok.
5. No error if a keyboard is not attached.
6. No error if a mouse in not attached.
I will want the mouse driver to load because I will control the apps running on the motherboard using PCAnywhere. My guess is someone knows how to build a mouse port loopback.
I plan on using the motherboard with no additional cards. Then stack the boards in a custom rack (Shelfs), convert a 450 watt powersupply to power 10 boards each, and cool the whole thing with a duct from an AC.
Any and all recomendations welcomed.
1. Onboard Video, 2Mg VGA is fine
2. Onboard 100/TX
3. 32 Meg of Ram (16 megs is for a Ram Drive)
4. Diskless Support: Boot PROM that lets the motherboard boot from an NT network server.
I'd like to boot Win98, but Win95 is ok.
5. No error if a keyboard is not attached.
6. No error if a mouse in not attached.
I will want the mouse driver to load because I will control the apps running on the motherboard using PCAnywhere. My guess is someone knows how to build a mouse port loopback.
I plan on using the motherboard with no additional cards. Then stack the boards in a custom rack (Shelfs), convert a 450 watt powersupply to power 10 boards each, and cool the whole thing with a duct from an AC.
Any and all recomendations welcomed.