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Abit's New Motherboard Lays On The Ports
An enthusiastic reader submits: "Possibly the most innovative motherboard to be released in years, Abit's MAX series intends to dive headfirst into the next generation of computing, leaving legacy ports behind in their dust.
Hardcoreware.net has the first full review of this board, which has support for 10 USB devices and 12 (YES, 12) IDE devices." I wish it had even more built-in USB ports, but six is a good start.
With 12 IDE ports, it has nearly as much capacity as my 2-channel SCSI card!
Hope you enjoy IRQ-sharing...
- A.P.
"Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
Now I don't need all 5 of those Promise ATA contollers I've got!
12 * 160 GB = is almost 2 TB!!!
And the sound of a 747 taking of comes @ no extra charge!
So, why exactly are you not only reading, but also posting, to Slashdot?
TRUE geeks buy hardware 'cause it's new and 'cause it lets you do more things faster.
Actually, true geeks design their own hardware from the circuit level up.
I pledge allegiance to the flag...
of the Corporate States of America...
ISA??! hey, the 1980's called... it wants its computer back. :-P
my other computer is your Windows(tm) box...
---- El diablo esta en mis pantalones! Mire, mire!
There are a lot of people who don't use KVM switches. Perhaps this motherboard may be useful to them.
Trees can't go dancing
So do them a big favor
Pretend dancing stinks!
man telnet
I can get you those ports, i'll throw in an extra 20% more free, and i'll let you put them on your desktop!! no more messing around behind the computer to plug things in. and you'll have status lights as well!
Contact me at satan@we_have_usb_hubs.com
1) This board sucks! How am I supposed to connect my [10 year old piece of hardware] when there isn't a [PS2/Serial/Parallel/AT/ISA/Microchannel] [port/slot]?!?!? This can't POSSIBLY be for people building a new computer from the ground up, because, dammit, that's not what I do, so obviously no one else does either! And speaking of [10 year old piece of hardware], aren't I so 1337 for still using it? I thought so.
2) [SCSI/IDE] rocks! [IDE/SCSI] sucks!
3) Natalie Portman pours hot grits down my pants. Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these?
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
An excerpt from Abit's MAX FAQ:
WHAT IS MAX?
Charlie, lead designer of the AT7: "I'm glad you asked me that. MAX is a mother board with a legacy-free device interface, maximized CPU performance and memory capacity, on-board LAN, 6 Channel Audio, USB 2.0 and IEEE1394a..."
MAX: "Blah, blah, blah. Anybody can tell that by reading the specsheet! I'm more than a bunch of interfaces and memory slots! Without tooting my own horn, I'm everything anybody could possibly ever want in a computing system. I'm like the beautiful girlfriend you've always wanted who also cooks, cleans, mows the lawn, pays the bills AND lets you play CS all night-- if that's what you want."
Charlie: "Well, I guess you could put it that way..."
BUT WHY MAX?
Charlie: "Good question. MAX fully utilizes system bandwidth and provides the best storage management currently available in a motherboard. Combine that with all the fully integrated extra features, and you have the ultimate integrated computer platform."
MAX: "Charlie, We know that already. What people want to know is why would they want MAX. Well, the answer is, `cause I'll make your life easier, giving you more time to spend at the beach, or playing MOH: AA till your wrist seizes up and your brain melts."
Charlie: "We didn't think of that whenwe included all the integrated extra features, but I suppose you're right."
MAX: "Of course I'm right! I'm ABIT Engineered!"
Charlie: "Before MAX interrupted me, I was going to mention that MAX users will have the best platform solution in the market, with the best design for users thanks to ABIT Engineering. Because MAX includes just about all the integrated features users will need in a motherboard, MAX is designed for now and the future."
MAX: "That's right Charlie. I'm gonna be around for a long time...like Gandalf."
All I can say is: Wow. That's the most horrible thing I've ever read.
So that people would pay more attention when plugging in their mice and keyboards. In the old days, people just reached around and plugged 'em in by feel. This made computer guys look bad, because easy == lazy == bad.
So they changed it so that your chances are a cointoss unless your turn the machine around and look at the damned colors or shine a light on it. Hard == hard working == good.
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What do you mean, "it lacks DMA support?" My Dad uses DMA to get his assembly language microphone drivers to work better with USB.
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> Sorry Abit, you lost my business right there.
...and in other news today, Abit has said that they will cancel production of their new MAX motherboard line due to the comments of one "Sheetsda" on slashdot.org.
"We were hoping we could please everyone with this move", said an Abit spokesman, "but it turns out we really read the market totally wrong. Sheetsda's comment, however offhand, has really shaken us".
Abit are said to be in talks with Sheetsda to work out what he wants.
DD
"You can justify anything by putting it in quotes, adding a famous name and making it a sig" - Albert Einstein
For instance, the 160MB drives aren't supported in linux 2.4 yet, and filesystems have maximum sizes.
No wonder I can't get my 486sx/25 w/ 16mb of ram and a 160mb HDD to run this crazy Linux!!!