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

[Jens Vagelpohl]

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