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Check out http://www.baber.com/motherboards/intel_socket370. htm

There are some motherboards that don't have integrated video or LAN. They seem to be 3 times the price of the all-in-one motherboards, though.

Now that I check my bookmarks, it ends up that this is what I was thinking, and it's not AM at all.

This ISA card is the only AM radio device I could find. Since I have only a single ISA slot (and itw as trouble to find an AthlonXP mobo with one), and it's already taken, it wasn't an option. It is cheap as hell, though!

--falz

And is the PCB you'll need to use to convert from slimline IDE to standard. $25.

If you're looking for a very small motherboard, try looking at flex ATX motherboards. They are alot smaller. Also here and here.

The future of PC form factors is here today.

The future of PC form factors.

My 12" tft display was only $500 plus it came with a p233, 32Mb, 6Gb, kybd, touchpad, cdrom, battery, sound and slots for wireless net cards to plug VNC into any box I want. It runs Linux and Win2k just fine.

(the link above is a little skimpy on disk size, 2G doesn't cut it for me).

Personally, I previously used a Toshiba Tecra 720 with an Expansion Station V (PA2710U). This is a lower older Pentium solution, however they can be had for really cheap on ebay. The PA2710U works with most Tecra models up through the 8000 as well as some of the Portege models (requires an adaptor [PA2714U]).

I currently use a Tecra 8100 (PIII) with it's expansion station (PA3018U). This is much more current and not as inexpensive, (most of the cost is the 8100!! but what a sweet machine).

There are however more generic solutions to allow you to add PCI slots to PC's and Mac's. Magma Offers PCMCIA/CardBus to PCI adaptors in the 1 slot full or half length card as well as a 2 slot and 4 slot solutions with built in drive controllers.

Getting all the way to the extrememe, companies like Baber.com sell a Universal Expansion Stations like the PCIDock 5000 that will adds a mini-tower including a second screen display, IDE controller, USB, Serial, Parrellel ports all in one unit. Basically a PC without a CPU.

Personally, I previously used a Toshiba Tecra 720 with an Expansion Station V (PA2710U). This is a lower older Pentium solution, however they can be had for really cheap on ebay. The PA2710U works with most Tecra models up through the 8000 as well as some of the Portege models (requires an adaptor [PA2714U]).

I currently use a Tecra 8100 (PIII) with it's expansion station (PA3018U). This is much more current and not as inexpensive, (most of the cost is the 8100!! but what a sweet machine).

There are however more generic solutions to allow you to add PCI slots to PC's and Mac's. Magma Offers PCMCIA/CardBus to PCI adaptors in the 1 slot full or half length card as well as a 2 slot and 4 slot solutions with built in drive controllers.

Getting all the way to the extrememe, companies like Baber.com sell a Universal Expansion Stations like the PCIDock 5000 that will adds a mini-tower including a second screen display, IDE controller, USB, Serial, Parrellel ports all in one unit. Basically a PC without a CPU.

Of course, this problem can be solved in a simpler way - just put your bootable drive in a drive shell, and switch a Linux shell out of your computer to M$ whenever you feel the need to run Whistler/XP.

I use these at work, and find them great for switching from Win98 to Win2k to WinNT to a different setup of Win98. While I don't know where my boss got our drive shells, a quick Google search turned up this site, whose shells appear similar to ours. If you're paranoid about data security, store it on a drive in one of these shells, and put it in a safe when you're not using it.