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Re: EISA bus speed with ISA cards onboard?

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From: Gerard Pinzone
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 04:23
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In a previous article, pablo@acsu.buffalo.edu (Juan P. Abonia) says:

>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.
>
EISA is locked at 8 MHz just like ISA.  If you want a fast bus, you will have
to go to VESA Localbus or PCI.

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