From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   TJ wrote:   
   > On 10/26/2012 08:29 PM, Adam wrote:   
   >> eris only has 2 PCI slots (plus two PCIe) and one's needed   
   >> for the Wi-Fi card.   
   >>   
   > Sounds like the Dell that was given to me last winter. It has but two   
   > PCI slots and one PCI-E slot. That's why I bought a USB wireless N   
   > adapter for it, rather than a card.   
      
   Is that a full-size tower, like "eris" (bottom-end 2007 Compaq)?  It   
   looks like high-end desktops have about six expansion slots.  "stolid"   
   (low-end 2012 HP desktop) also has four slots, but all PCIe.  The PCI   
   Wi-Fi card was actually bought (on eBay for maybe $15) for "retread", a   
   compact 2001 Gateway (since scrapped) with only two half-height   
   ("slimline") PCI slots and a few USB 1.1 ports, and I figured there was   
   no point getting a USB wireless adapter when there was only USB 1.1.   
      
   > That, and Newegg had this one on sale for $10.   
      
   If I /really/ need another PCI slot on eris, I may do the same as it has   
   USB 2.0.  Right now I'm not using any expansion cards with stolid, but   
   I'm using two of their openings on the rear panel for external   
   connectors for unused ports on the motherboard, one USB 2.0, one eSATA.   
      
   Adam   
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