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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Tri-Star Computer + who has EISA?
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Date: 28 Nov 90 02:59:03 GMT
References: <1990Nov26.190922.1172@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
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In article <1990Nov26.190922.1172@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> rx3y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:

| machine.  Also, who (besides HP and ALR) is delivering EISA machines now?

  Dell is delivering EISA in 486, can't remember if 386 or not.

  There are not a lot of peripherals which make use of the EISA bus, so
you should have some application in mind before spending the extra
money. Eight bit (serial/parallel) and 16 bit (most disk controllers and
video cards) don't need the bandwidth, and common disk interfaces such
as RLL, SCSI, and ESDI can't generate data as fast as the humble (and
cheap) AT bus will allow.

  In other words, if you're planning for the future or have an
application in mind, EISA is a smart move. If you are using common
peripherals, nothing but memory boards will use the bandwidth in a cost
effective manner.

  it's great for systems where serious memory is needed, since most
motherboards won't hold more than 64MB at most. Remember the first PC
motherboard which held 64KB? Now a thousand time that is a limitation.
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