Re: EISA bus speed with ISA cards onboard?

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From: Al Dhir
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 00:12

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In article <1idmrsINN6c3@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> al885@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Gerard Pinzone) writes:
>
>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.

EISA is not "locked" at anything, it depends on your motherboard.  Same with
ISA.  I am running my bus at 12mhz (I would go higher but then my video card
gets strange).

Yeah, yeah, I know, EISA specs say 8.33hz, but that doesn't mean its locked
at 8.33.
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