In message <QpsRVJy6LiYEE1Ift9@zelux6>, Matthias Drochner writes:
>The 82558 works with the fxp driver. I'm trying to avoid these, however,
>because I didn't get diskless boot working with them and one doesn't get
>reasonable documentation for the chip from Intel.
>What I'm using now for my data acquisition systems are passive backplane
>systems: Backplanes with 6 PCI and 1 ISA slots, and a slot for the CPU
>module. This thing fits into a PC case too. (I'm putting 2 into a rackmount
>enclosure.) That's all not too expensive, you can use whatever network
>and SCSI adapters you like and still have 4 PCI slots free. And you can
>upgrade the CPU later. (DEC even sold Alpha modules...)

Hmm.  That might be a viable alternative.  Does anyone have any
recommendations about good board vendors?  I've been told ASUS boards are
good, but none of their 100Mhz boards have more than 4 PCI slots, so far as
I can tell.

-s