Re: NT w/Pent vs. Pent II ???

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From: myrrdin
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 00:00

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On Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:33:42 GMT, dougz@dgii.com (Doug) wrote:

>eqtr0b@deepforest.org (Exil Q Trob) wrote:
>
>>  It is still possible to find PII boards with three ISA slots, but two is more 
>>common, and expect that to drop to zero in another year or so.  Think twice 
>>before buying any more ISA peripherals....
>>
>
>I hope you are wrong about this.  No ISA slots will mean most boards
>will be limited to 5 slots total - 1 AGP and 4 PCI.
>

When the market gets to that point, you will start to see motherboards
with dual pci bridges which will allow 8 pci slots. I don't know of
any that do this yet on the PC market, but some of the high end Power
macs are doing this already. Expect to see this from the highend
manufacturers soon.

Myrrdin

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From: myrrdin@juno.com
Subject: Re: NT w/Pent vs. Pent II ???
Date: 1998/01/29
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