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Article #564Re: Who's winning VESA/PCI ?
From: Scott Wiesner
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 07:43
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 07:43
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I've seen lots of companies selling "local bus" machines, but I'm not aware that any of them are actually based on the VESA proposal. VESA only voted on the proposal on 8/28, and assuming it passed (I haven't heard yet), it is now a VESA standard. VESA is going to treat this standard more carefully than they've done in the past with things like the VGA standards because compliance is important. I believe there will be a testing lab used to verify VL-Bus compliance, and companies will certify their hardware through this lab and then have the right to use a trademarked/copyrighted/whatever logo in sales materials, packaging, etc. If the proposal passed, I would assume that we'll see a flurry of press releases from companies supporting the standard. I know almost nothing about PCI. Sorry. Scott Wiesner SunSoft Boulder, Colorado
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