Re: [9fans] IEEE 1394 support?

[jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com]

On Fri Aug  3 12:28:21 EDT 2001, anothy@cosym.net wrote:
> what equipment had you chosen?
> 
> of cource, maybe we shouldn't distract you guys so we
> can get USB support out here...
> -α.

We tried to kill 2 birds with one stone, the person interested in doing
1394 also needed a laptop so we looked for one that had 1394 and that we
felt we could get working with Plan 9 easily. Unfortunately the one we
chose was rejected by purchasing as coming from a manufacturer with reliability
problems. By then we were distracted and beleaguered.

The Shuttle FV24 motherboard would be a good place to start, although I have
no direct experience with it myself:

	socket 370, VIA chipset with integrated VGA
	1x32 bit PCI slot
	VIA AC97 audio codec
	RealTek RTL8139C 10/100 Ethernet
	dual 1394 controller (Lucent FW323)
	optional TV-out
	ata/100
	1 serial
	1 parallel
	ps/2
	4 USB ports

It's a MicroATX motherboard (190x175mm) and should cost somewhere between
$100 and $140. With a 'fast enough' processor, might be able to make a system
without a fan in a little box.