ASAN 1-slot expansion box?

Has anyone used the ASAN ST "ELK-CB1" series 1-slot PCI expansion box? http://www.asanst.com/kor/product/datasheet/08/ELK-CB1%20Series.pdf

Not sure if these are still (or were ever) on the market as the PDF file dates from 2007.

I have emailed them but no reply yet.

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Permalink Reply by Nick Datu on April 29, 2011 at 11:17am

I have not heard this ELK-CB1.

But I've heard about this company in Japan that build expansion system.

Here is their website
http://www.contec.com/expansion/pclist.htm

The price is pretty good, it is very affordable.

If you are going to compare their price against Magma, Contec price is pretty good.
Magma is damn expensive, not sure how the heck Magma come up with a sky rocketing price for their Expansion Chassis

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Permalink Reply by dcnicholls on April 29, 2011 at 7:44pm

Thanks, Nick, that may be exactly what I'm looking for. I will contact the Australian agents for Contec next week.

It turned out that the ASAN ST unit was just a Magma unit at the standard high price. I asked a Korean friend to conact them when they did not reply to me.

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Permalink Reply by Clark H on May 3, 2011 at 8:33pm

Did you get any information from Contec about their expansion systems?

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Permalink Reply by dcnicholls on May 3, 2011 at 9:11pm

No answer yet. I phoned the local (Australian) agents and they are waiting for advice from head office. However, a US site I saw indicates the the Contec products are also quite expensive, though not as bad as Magma.

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Permalink Reply by dcnicholls on May 9, 2011 at 5:02pm

I heard back from Contec. Their (Asutralian) prices are similar to Magma's - maybe very slightly cheaper.

What I wanted was a single slot PCI box so that I can run a PCI card via a laptop. But it's not essential, so a second hand desktop running XP is a highly cost effective solution (less than $200 with monitor) and that's what I'm using. However, a PCI slot box would have been far more elegant a solution. But it seems the market for these is small so the prices have to be high. A pity.