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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: EISA vs. ISA
Message-ID: <2636@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 15 Dec 90 04:14:58 GMT
References: <51097@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
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Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY
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In article <51097@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v127p9xg@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu writes:

| 2)  If you do go MCA, remember that you will haveto replace all your current
|     cards. With EISA you would not have to do this. Also note that MCA cards
|     are more expensive than ISA cards.. 

  This is true, but after looking at what people do when they buy a new
system (as opposed to an upgrade), I think most people buy what they
need new rather than use old boards and break up an existing system.
Specialty boards are an exception, and some people cut corners, but in
general that's true.

| As far as i know, the only 32-bit cards out yet are memory cards... Is this
| true?

  No. There are disk controllers and video boards out, although I'm not
sure that typical use gets much out of the video board. The 32 bit path
on a smart disk controller is a BIG win.
-- 
bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen)
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