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- From: tomw@orac.esd.sgi.com (Tom Weinstein)
- Subject: Re: Request Info Re Bus Trends & Intel 486s
- In-Reply-To: peter@ferranti.com's message of Fri, 24 Jul 1992 15:39:47 GMT
- Message-ID: <TOMW.92Jul25174038@orac.esd.sgi.com>
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc.
- References: <rjmartin.711191773@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> <1992Jul20.003506.23290@theus.rain.com>
- <id.TJRR.XR8@ferranti.com>
- Date: 25 Jul 92 17:40:38
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- In article <id.TJRR.XR8@ferranti.com>, peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
-
- > Why is it that backplanes aren't more common on the desktop? Even for
- > the PC world, they're available (under the ugly name "passive
- > motherboard"), and until the IBM-PC came out they were the norm for
- > multi-board systems (you had either single-board CPUs or S100 or
- > equivalent). The only exception was the Apple II, and then the IBM-PC.
- > Is it just tradition or is there something that makes a motherboard
- > system inherently better?
-
- I think the important word here isn't "better", it's "cheaper." With
- motherboard, it's easier to put your system in a smaller box, use less
- board space, and fewer connectors. All that adds up to lower production
- costs.
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