Re: Switched Fabric I/O a Taxonomy
- To: MISC
- Subject: Re: Switched Fabric I/O a Taxonomy
- From: msimon@xxxxxxxxxx (M. Simon)
- Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 23:34:17 -0300 (EDT)
Have you looked at the PCMCIA interface standard?
Very complicated.
Very surface mount.
Very expensive in small quantities.
Simon
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>Dear Low Fat Computing mail list readers:
>
>I guess I should attend the meeting of the Parallel Processing Connection
>this Monday. SerialPlus, Serial Bus, Serial Express, Firewire, USB,
>IEEE 1394, IEEE 1394.2, IEEE 2100, SCI, NGIO, FutureIO. Are you confused
>by all these competing technologies? They sure are. They asked Dave James
>to speak to PPC again this Monday. I should learn more about all these
>competing standards before I say what is possible with F21.
>
>>That's too big. My ideal computer is the size of a deck of cards.
>
>I like the PCMCIA form factor. I would like a two card connector
>connected to the PROM socket with a few extra selects from the pport
>on an F21 card. Then you could add a couple of PCMCIA cards into
>something the size of a pack of cards and drop it in your pocket.
>The original P21 development system used 128k sram PCMCIA cards
>instead of the later 128k x8 uvproms.
>
>I also say, why not just put everything inside of the mouse? When
>you pick it up and say, "Hello Computer?" it should say, "Yes, Scotty?"
>
>Jeff Fox
>
>
Simon - http://www.tefbbs.com/spacetime/index.htm