POST cards [was: speaker beeper]

[Peter Stuge]

On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 09:53:15AM -0700, Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Peter Stuge wrote:
> 
> > Ouch! Does anyone know what the problem is?
> 
> No
> 
> > Also, do you recall which models any of those mainboards were?
> 
> every model I've had with a 3V pci bus. 

Aha, a 5V PCI card will likely cause problems if plugged into a 3V
bus, although that's not supposed to be possible thanks to the
differently keyed connectors. Of course a bad POST card can key as a
Universal board even if it only runs off 5V, but that's not all there
is to it. To be at least a little future proof (who knows how long
PCI will live) I fully intend to make it a real Universal board that
works equally well in 5V and 3V systems, without any configuration
required. This is possible within the PCI specification.


> I still think a POST card with a Basic Stamp on it might be the
> best bet.

Any particular reason to specifically choose a BASIC Stamp rather
than e.g. a PIC?

Has all email to/from the list been coming through correctly the
last 12 hours? I'm not sure if I got some duplicates and delayed
messages?


//Peter

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