At 06:47 PM 03/19/2000 -0800, Jonathan Stone wrote:
>In message <4.2.0.58.20000319205121.00db8100@shadow>,
>"Michael C. Ibarra" writes:
>
> >At 01:31 PM 03/19/2000 -0500, Alex wrote:
>
> >For those who do, apparently xfree86 needs only a loadable kernel module,
> >which I believe IWAMOTO Toshihiro has ported from linux? We use these
> >mobos on our entire 1U product line with absolutely no problems whatsoever
> >and we've had three burning in for several months.
>
>Yum.  How are the slots laid out for adding in PCI 90-degree riser
>cards in larger rackmount chassis?


Dunno about the larger rackmounts, we don't use the 810's there because we
have the option of using bigger, beefier boards. Our 1U however does allow at
least one PCI slot, using a riser card with no problem, but then again our case
is designed to handle this.



> >We never ordered any "special" memory so I can't elaborate on this. Another
> >Intel motherboard we use is the L440GX+, which seems rather hard to find 
> these
> >days :-( We haven't been able to test this board with NetBSD as of yet since
> >our other servers will mostly run Linux.
>
>L440GX+ works just fine with NetBSD. (i tried several while getting
>NetBSD serial consoles to play beter with the ServerBIOS serial console).
>I havent been able to try spinning up a second CPU, though.
>
> >This board, just like the
> >CA810EAL, offers
> >onboard VGA, LAN, SCSI (not the 810EAL though) and it is capable of being
> >used via the BIOS for serial console, probably why it has become almost
> >extinct.
>
>Yep.  Me, I'd guess that Intel also shut down production slightly too
>early before the i840-based replacement came online.  All the
>mailorder houses promised more L440s in early/mid-March, but no sign yet.


Hehe, we have some in stock, but our plans to release a product by end of month
have been stalled due to this problem, our current stock will be gone 
quickly, if
nothing else but the boards themselves, leaving us with alot of orders and 
no raw
materials :-( Many of our suppliers keep making promises like "next week". I
hve seen *some* boards on the markets, but at very *HIGH* $$$.

-mike


Michael C. Ibarra
ibarra@hawk.com

Hawk Technologies, Inc
100 Park Avenue, Suite 1600
New York, NY 10017

http://www.hawk.com