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From article <adam.713111959@mcrware>, by adam@microware.com (Adam Goldberg):
> frank@clark.edu (Frank Torres) writes:
> 
> 
>>    I'm about to buy a computer system and need some help with
>>the new local bus architecture for the pc. Is VESA the standard for
>>local architecture. If this is not the case then please let me know what
>>is thanks. However; if VESA is standard then I would to know how far along
>>it is and how many slots there are along with what kind of support there
>>is for VESA. 
> 
>>This is the system I'm currently thinking about getting.
> 
>>486-33 Local bus 256 kb
>>8M ram
>>1.2 flp
>>1.44 flp
>>210 Meg IDE drive
>>Full tower
>>101 Keytronic keyboard
>>Non inter. Super VGA 14" .28 dpi swivel.
>>Mouse
>>32 Bit local Bus IDE Hard drive, Floppy Controller, with 2s/1p/1g
>>32 Bit local Bus Vga Card with 1meg
> 
>>Is the IDE hard drive controller any better than a standard controller.
>>If there is a difference I would like to know what it would be.
> 
> Well, an IDE controller on a local bus would be faster than on the
> standard IO bus, but...if you really want a fast hard drive, you should
> try to find a local-bus SCSI-2 controller, and a nice SCSI drive.  THAT
> would be FAST!  Of course, I don't have any knowledge that this actually
> exists...
> 
> ...if anyone knows, please email me!
>

Please pardon my ignorance, but I though EISA was the latest
thing.  How does VESA relate to EISA?  I too am thinking of
getting a 486DX PC and am debating whether to get an EISA model.

Am I better off with IBM or Compaq or ALR or some of the
"home-brew" setups that the local dealers have?  I presume IBM
wants much more for the same things than the others. ALR wasn't
too bad with the educational discount, but I haven't checked out
IBM or Compaq yet.

BTW, is IDE like scsi where you can chain several devices
together, or is it something else? 
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