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Article #43314Re: EISA 33 Mhz boards vs non EISA. Was: 20 Mhz 386 SX (?)
From: Kevin Crocker
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 1990 02:44
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 1990 02:44
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In article <25E97CF2.6432@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn) writes:
>expanded to 16 bits. This is referred to as ISA, for Industry Standard
>Architecture, and is what you'll find in most 386SX machines (and until
>EISA came along, most 386DX machines use simple extensions to it).
>
>together to propose an enhancement to ISA, called EISA, which would be
>compatible with all the old ISA cards and also provide a high-speed
>standard for 32-bit I/O boards as well.
O.K. Now, which machines have this EISA thing.
I am thinking of buying an AST Premium 386/33 (CUPID Technology) with
4Mb and a 387. Would this thing be EISA? What happens when I plug in
a special video card and monitor e.g. Pixelworks UltraClipper 256 card
and a Taxan UV1150 monitor?
Kevin
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