Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 5 Sep 1998 08:43:22 -0400 (EWT) | From | Alex Buell <> | Subject | Build your own Motherboards (was Re: AMD K6 233 Cpu 465 BogoMips??) |
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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 -- /\_/\ Legalise cannabis now! ( o.o ) Grow some cannabis today! > ^ < Peace, Love, Unity and Respect to all.
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