Andy,
I have a nice mounting scheme in my control cabinet for SFF PCs. It seems
like you have to go pretty far back in time to find one with a PCI slot. My
existing full-height M5I20 required a cutout in the lid of my current PC to
allow the card to protrude and provide a path for cables. The prior SFF PC
I originally used had a riser card with a horizontal slot for a full-height
card, but the newer one only had a single slot on the motherboard for a
vertical half height card. So I modified the lid.
I considered a PCIe host card (6I24) as a replacement, but the PCs I looked
at would have had ribbon cable access problems too. Assuming the
ethernet-based card works well for my servo system, I can use almost any PC
as a host and upgrade to something with a lot more horsepower.
Hopefully I'll be in good shape with the card Peter conjured. :)
Thanks all,
Chris
On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 4:06 PM andy pugh wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 at 14:12, Chris Helgesen
> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Apologies for bothering the developer's list with this. I have a Hurco
> KM3
> > I did a LinuxCNC-based retrofit on during the Jurassic period. I need to
> > replace the host PC, and I've reached the end of the road for my Mesa PCI
> > interface card.
>
>
> Have you looked at the (in-stock) 5i24?
>
> Should be a straight swap for whatever PCI card you are using.
> Or is the problem a lack of PCI slots in replacement PCs?
>
> --
> atp
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