[Asterisk-Users] Small form factor system w/PCI slot

[Zachary Whitley]

I've been using a Compaq Deskpro EN SFF. They're small, have 3 pci
slots, and you can get them up to 1Ghz PIII w/ 512MB of ram on ebay for
under $100. Great for testing. When you're done with it throw in a
PCI->PCMCIA adapter and turn it into a wireless AP or throw in a network
card. They make a great router. You can't beat the price. Corporations
bought them by the hundreds and they're all coming off of corporate
lease. A TDM400 fits just right.

If you want an even smaller package the Compaq Deskpro EN ultra SFF has
2 full size pci slots.

--Zach

On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 09:34 +0200, Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
> On 9 Jun 2006, at 02:04, Leo Ann Boon wrote:
> 
> > Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
> >
> >> Hi everyone,
> >>
> >> I'm trying to buy a small form-factor PC system for use with  
> >> Asterisk  and Hylafax in conjunction with a Eicon DIVA Server  
> >> single-port ISDN  card (needs full-size 5V PCI 2.2 slot, but PCI-X  
> >> compatible). Use is  very light - at most a single call at any one  
> >> time. If the Mac Mini  had a PCI slot I'd try to use that one, but  
> >> oh well ;)
> >
> > You mean PCI-E? If you really need PCI-X, then you're out of luck.  
> > PCI-X is only available on server boards. For a single port ISDN,  
> > one of those Mini-ITX boxes should work. I built something similar  
> > using a Mini-ITX (1GHz CPU) with an AVM Fritz! PCI ISDN card using  
> > chan_capi. IIRC, Xorcom has a TS-1 which is a SFF Asterisk server  
> > for <$500. BTW, I don't think the Mini-ITX mobos can support PCI-E.
> 
> It's a normal 5.5 V PCI slot, the card can also deal with PCI-X slots  
> as the documentation claims.
> 
> I'll take a look at Xorcom's offerings, thanks.
> 
> jens
> 
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