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Article #1372Re: cube question
From: Kenny Leung
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:45
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:45
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In article <Bz87EE.7EF@research.canon.oz.au> greyham@research.canon.oz.au (Graham Stoney) writes: > In my hardwarespeak, motherboard and backplane are synonymous. > I was referring to the board at the back of the unit (hence backplane) into > which all the other boards plug (hence motherboard); what do you mean by > "motherboard"?. > > regs, > Graham > -- > Graham Stoney > Canon Information Systems Research Australia (whew!) Judging by the original post, the person who asked the question thinks that the motherboard is the main CPU. I answered in the same context. I also think that the main CPU should be called the motherboard. -- ------------------------------------------------------- Kenny Leung Campus Consultant University of Alberta kenny@niagara.ucs.ualberta.ca audix x5537
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!news From: kenny@niagara.ucs.ualberta.ca (Kenny Leung) Subject: Re: cube question Message-ID: <1992Dec14.174546.18127@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca> Sender: news@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca Nntp-Posting-Host: niagara.ucs.ualberta.ca Reply-To: kenny@niagara.ucs.ualberta.ca Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada References: <Bz87EE.7EF@research.canon.oz.au> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:45:46 GMT Lines: 25