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From: geff@iastate.edu (Underwood Geoffrey Dale)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Difference in NuBus and Direct Slot cards??
Summary: NuBus inexpensive, PDS fast
Keywords: si, NuBus, direct slot
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Date: 23 Oct 90 21:31:23 GMT
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In article <329@ub.d.umn.edu> halam1@ub.d.umn.edu (Haseen I. Alam) writes:
>
> I would be greatful if someone could point out some differences and
> advantages/disadvantages between a NuBus and a PDS card.  Are both kinds
> available in the market?  What about price?  What would make someone
> choose one over the other?
>
> Any helpful gesture will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
>
> Haseen.

	The summary basically says it all.  People have been making NuBus
boards for a relatively long time, and there are more Macs with NuBus slots;
these facts make NuBus boards cheaper.  The fact that the PDS is basically
a direct connection to the CPU makes PDS boards faster.

		Geff Underwood
		geff@iastate.edu