29 Sep
2003
29 Sep
'03
8:11 a.m.
At 05:46 PM 9/29/03 +0200, you wrote:
> what 'passive backplane' should do?
There's no active components on the "backplane". OK there mayu be a few
LEDs of something to show presense of power but no vital components vital
to the system. The S-100 backplanes are a good example. The CPU, system
memory, video circuits, I/O ports etc are all on plug in cards.
> provide power from PSU?
Usually but not always.
> what will happen if i stick this into a normal pc?
Both CPUs (and bus drivers, clocks, etc) will try to drive the buss
simultanously and one of them will lose in a spectacular way!
Joe