EISA bus speed with ISA cards onboard?

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From: Juan P. Abonia
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 15:32

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Could someone tell me how the bus speed of the an EISA machine is affected when
an ISA card is installed in an expansion slot.  I have heard that the bus
defaults to the speed of the slowest card on the bus.  I've seen Mhz ratings
of 8 or 8.33.  Thanks for your help.
-- 
J. Pablo Abonia
University at Buffalo				 BITNET:    pablo@sunybcs.BITNET
Roswell Park Cancer Institute			 Internet:  pablo@cs.Buffalo.EDU

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