Well, the one I bought on Ebay last Sunday arrived today. It's there, it's real, and man is that a serious looking board.

I'll do some analysis then try powering it up tonight. But I now have a Monarch to... experiment... with. Bwahaha and all that. :-)

Thread is at:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=759398.new#new

If you're interested in following along. Edit: Yup, 700gh on the dot.

C