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

Sun May 22 20:38:55 EST 2005

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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