On Mon, 24 Aug 1998 23:17:09 +0200 (MET DST) 
 Matthias Drochner <drochner@zelux6.zel.kfa-juelich.de> wrote:

 > 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...)

Yes, I'm planning on writing the code to support the passive backplane
DEC systems in NetBSD/alpha RSN :-)

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