Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: ISA boards, EISA bus Message-ID: Date: 20 Sep 90 17:38:19 GMT References: <1990Sep19.233544.16757@hayes.fai.alaska.edu> Sender: news@seri.gov (news) Organization: Solar Energy Research Institute Lines: 15 fsdal1@acad3.fai.alaska.edu (LEVINSON DONALD A) writes: >occasionally I see ads for EISA motherboards that sya they can use >either EISA or ISA boards. how can this be? >is this part of the EISA spec? Yes. EISA just stands for extended ISA. Just as the 16-bit AT bus (ISA) can handle XT cards (8-bit), the 32-bit EISA bus can handle ISA cards. Or even XT cards for that matter. They won't have the same functionality, but they should work. -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Missionary VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future