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DateSat, 5 Sep 1998 08:43:22 -0400 (EWT)
FromAlex Buell <>
SubjectBuild your own Motherboards (was Re: AMD K6 233 Cpu 465 BogoMips??)
On Sat, 5 Sep 1998, Vladimir Dergachev wrote:

> That's not such a bad idea. The problem is that designing something isn't
> equivalent to building it. unless they make MMETs commonplace it costs a
> billion $ to have your own plant.

I would have thought that there are plenty of companies who would be
willing to manufacture a motherboard to your specifications using common
off the shelf components. I think this would be a nice small niche in the
market.

>  Even a more moderate idea (like designing an SMP mainboard for Power PC)
> can be pretty complex. The thing is it will cost a lot to produce a 6-7
> levels board. It's not ham radio unfortunately :(

Yes, but once you've done the design work, it's quite cheap to manufacture
them. It's the design & development that is the real killer here. 

Cheers,
Alex
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