Hi all,
yes, these thingies really do exist. After PC-Chips with their hard to get M812LMR all-in-one using SiS 730S chipset, now Jetway has brought to market their 849BS board.
It's using the ALi 1649/1535D+ chipset (1649 is the SDRAM-only version of 1647 "Magik-1"), has 3 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 CNR, 3 SDRAM. Four USB and chipset sound are onboard, nothing else.
We've been building a Linux machine from one of those, and other than for the AT power connector halves that they actually managed to swap on their layout (AAARRRGHHHH!!! Probably the last ever BAT board to come to market, and the first one to get THAT wrong 🙁) it works fine.
Mind the power supply though - don't use any more than a low-revving Duron on those wimpy Pentium BAT case PSUs, or do as we did and put it into an old server case with a HUGE PSU designed to feed an array of those old 5,25" full-height HDDs.
regards, Peter
yes, these thingies really do exist. After PC-Chips with their hard to get M812LMR all-in-one using SiS 730S chipset, now Jetway has brought to market their 849BS board.
It's using the ALi 1649/1535D+ chipset (1649 is the SDRAM-only version of 1647 "Magik-1"), has 3 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 CNR, 3 SDRAM. Four USB and chipset sound are onboard, nothing else.
We've been building a Linux machine from one of those, and other than for the AT power connector halves that they actually managed to swap on their layout (AAARRRGHHHH!!! Probably the last ever BAT board to come to market, and the first one to get THAT wrong 🙁) it works fine.
Mind the power supply though - don't use any more than a low-revving Duron on those wimpy Pentium BAT case PSUs, or do as we did and put it into an old server case with a HUGE PSU designed to feed an array of those old 5,25" full-height HDDs.
regards, Peter
