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Article #43626Re: EISA 33 Mhz boards vs non EISA. Was: 20 Mhz 386 SX (?)
From: Stephen M. Dunn
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 1990 15:57
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 1990 15:57
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In article <888@gistdev.gist.com> flint@gistdev.gist.com (Flint Pellett) writes:
$[...] I have not heard of any EISA machines cheaper
$than that: nor have I heard of any 386 machines that are EISA- nobody seems
$to be putting that bus into anything except high-end workstations or
$bigger. I don't think anyone is really taking advantage of the EISA much
$either- there aren't very many boards out for it yet. I concluded
$(somebody let me know if they think I'm wrong) that if you have to pay
$extra for EISA right now you're not buying much if any extra capability
$now, but you're buying potential extra capability in the future.
Well, Zenith has a 386/33 with an EISA bus, and an EISA disk
controller (see February 1990 BYTE). Expect to see more 386-based
EISA machines in the not-too-distant future.
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Stephen M. Dunn cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!maccs!cs4g6ag From: cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: EISA 33 Mhz boards vs non EISA. Was: 20 Mhz 386 SX (?) Message-ID: <25F3DDFF.1762@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Date: 6 Mar 90 15:57:51 GMT References: <1109@watserv1.waterloo.edu> <2221@ultb.isc.rit.edu> <1132@watserv1.waterloo.edu> <25E97CF2.6432@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> <569@auvax.AthabascaU.CA> <25EEC3B6.22164@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> <888@gistdev.gist.com> Reply-To: cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn) Distribution: comp Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Lines: 18