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To: Zeuspaul who wrote (213)	2/14/1998 12:58:00 PM
From: Dirk Hente	Respond to of 14778

[PCI expansion box] zeuspaul, i guess in your reference about 'sharing' they adress 'resource sharing' in a general sense. so, i still think sharing of 'PCI IRQs' shouldnt be a problem. but iam not a pci expert. i cant tell the difference between a primary/secondary pci bus. i only know, that you can have a max of 5 pci slots and if you want more you need a pci-bridge. may be the pci bus behind the bridge is the secondary. in the meantime i found a company 'SBS Bit 3' offering PCI expansion boxes: bit3.com e.g. the Model 2101: Model 2101 PCI-to-PCI Mini-Tower Expansion Unit provides a cost-effective way to increase the number of high-performance PCI devices available to the system. The Expansion Unit provides a low latency, high throughput path to seven 32-bit PCI slots in a stand-alone chassis. Each backplane can support 3 long and 4 short or 7 short form factor +5V PCI cards. Each slot is master capable, allowing peer-to-peer communication within the stand-alone chassis. Also, the Expansion Unit provides three 3.5-inch bays and two 5.25-inch bays for increasing the number of peripherals available to the PCI system. since this topic is new to me i cant tell more. found another one ('magma') including prices magma.com hm..its abit expensive