A thought...

[Arnaldo Echevarria]

>Now as to power, a PC mother board requires 12vdc, 5vdc and -12vdc 
>at very low current.  Any half competent component type can put a
>DC to DC power supply meeting these requirements and probably fit
>it into the space of a couple packs of smokes.  

I am attempting to do something like this.  Unfortunately, my Forte
is software, not hardware, so I'm not 'half competent'.  Could you
give me an idea on how to build such a power supply? 

Arnaldo
aec at ao.net