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Re: PCI Slot Expansion



> I am using windows 2000, the two PCI card I am about to use is a
> Display card and a FPGA based DSP card, they both have workable
> driver, what I wonder is if a PCI-Bridge based slot expansion card can
> make these two only ocupy one main PCI-bus slot, with out any change
> of driver.

It should work without any problem albeit performance might degrade
somewhat.

> Do you know if there are any product card can do this? or any
> available design for this?

There are tons of cards with bridges. One example is a Bittware Hammerhead
DSP card. You can also find PMC carrier cards with bridges but to be able to
use them you would need to have your 2 cards in the PMC form factor or use
additional adapters. An example of such a card can be found here:
http://www.technobox.com/pic3673.htm

/Mikhail






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