Re: USR PCI or ISA

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From: Larry Mintz
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 00:00

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Graham Cooper (gray@gcelect.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: Can anyone tell me why there are no PCI modems yet? Is it a tech reason
: why not? I have 2 spare PCI slots and all my ISA ones are full.. Sigh..

Very simple.  An ISA slot card can be installed in *any* PC.  A PCI slot
card can only go in a PC with a PCI bus.  This eliminates sales to those
who don't have PCI bus slots, such as simple ISA motherboards, EISA and
VESA bus systems.

Larry

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From: mintz@mnsinc.com (Larry Mintz)
Subject: Re: USR PCI or ISA
Date: 1998/04/01
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