Hi Bernd, Pierre, >> Something like this still has some legacy >> controllers/connectors/headers: >> http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty%20Z77%20Professional/?cat=Specifications>
>> I bought an ASROCK MB that had a floppy controller on it, but I had >> to return it as a defectiveunit. I may be wrong, but I swore off >> that brand becasuse of that ordeal. Another nice DOS mainboard is the Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 rev 3.1: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3786#ov For AMD Socket AM3+ processors such as Athlon II and Phenom II, Chipset AMD 870 / SB 850, for DDR3 DIMM RAM, with HDA 7.1 sound. USB 3.0, SATA3 at 6 GBit/s, two PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (only 16 plus 4 lanes, not full SLI), two PCIe x1 slots (sharing lanes again). Choice between normal BIOS and EFI boot for 3 TB harddisks, LAN up to 1000 Mbit/s, eSATA, S/PDIF digital audio both optical and coax, many USB and SATA sockets, FireWire IEEE 1394a, but also: 3 classic PCI slots, 1 classic IDE connector for up to 2 drives (ATA133 speed), 1 classic floppy connector - for only 1 floppy. Connectors for serial and parallel port - not on-board, needs cables to real printer / rs232 sockets elsewhere in your case. PS/2 (just one, fits keyboard or mouse). In short, you can use this to make a modern PC which still connects to a lot of good old hardware that you may have from DOS times, if necessary :-) Eric PS: You can plug 20 PCIe lanes, 16 for the main (graphics card) PCIe x16 slot, 4 shared between the two x1 slots and the second PCIe "x16" (mechanically x16, electrically max x4) slot, which is still fine for e.g. a fast net/disk controller or SSD card. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. This 200-page book is written by three acclaimed leaders in the field. The early access version is available now. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/neotech_d2d_may _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
