Re: [cobalt-developers] computer for pci slot

[Michael Stauber <devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Matt,

> A while back I would frequently see ads on e-bay for an entire computer
> that fit onto a PCI card and could run in the slot of a cobalt or other
> ia32 computer.
>
> Does anyone know what company it was that made these? 

Try this: http://www.omnicluster.com/X1X/products/server.shtml

I have one of the early units which I got for evaluation. It runs fine in the 
PCI slot of a RaQ3i and upwards.

Mine has a 300MHz Cyrix CPU and 256 MB of memory. It also has an IDE 
connector, so you can hook up an IDE drive. Or with the proper Kernel module 
you could use a portion of the disk on the host server. However, you know how 
tricky that can get on a RaQ. ;o)

Drivers for Win2K were included and drivers for other plattforms (including 
some Linux distributions) were worked on the last time I checked (a year 
ago).

My goal was to put a firewall and a forwarding Email and http-proxy on the 
thing to properly secure RaQs. But I never got the thing to play it nice with 
the Cobalt Kernel.

> I can't remember any terms specific enough to get useful results from
> google.

The term you're looking for would be "slotserver".

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With best regards,

Michael Stauber