If you worked for me and did that to a computer that wasn't your responsiblility, without seeking permission first, you'd be out in the street looking for another job by tea-time.
>Second, look at that card! It's frigging huge! >It looks more like a FPGA prototype; I'm sure >the designers could have it converted to a >single chip ASIC and make the card 75% smaller.
Given that the card has to be long enough to engage the ISA bus completely, and its length is therfore irreducible below that, all you'd be saving is height or width, neither of which gives any benefit when populating a PC. What advantage did you imagine the extra expense of custom engineering would bring?
I'm so glad nice paternalistic Ford can find the funding to subsidise PCs for its workers in the US. What a pity that over here (in the UK) the same company is seriously considering shutting down an entire plant, moving production to where workers' rights are weaker and throwing thousands of people onto the dole (welfare to US readers). Makes you think. Hopefully.
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If you worked for me and did that to a computer that wasn't your responsiblility, without seeking permission first, you'd be out in the street looking for another job by tea-time.
>Second, look at that card! It's frigging huge! >It looks more like a FPGA prototype; I'm sure >the designers could have it converted to a >single chip ASIC and make the card 75% smaller.
Given that the card has to be long enough to engage the ISA bus completely, and its length is therfore irreducible below that, all you'd be saving is height or width, neither of which gives any benefit when populating a PC. What advantage did you imagine the extra expense of custom engineering would bring?
I'm so glad nice paternalistic Ford can find the funding to subsidise PCs for its workers in the US. What a pity that over here (in the UK) the same company is seriously considering shutting down an entire plant, moving production to where workers' rights are weaker and throwing thousands of people onto the dole (welfare to US readers). Makes you think. Hopefully.