Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!acc.flint.umich.edu!jal From: jal@acc.flint.umich.edu (John Lauro) Subject: Re: Advanced Systems Message-ID: <1991Apr21.030656.1881@engin.umich.edu> Sender: news@engin.umich.edu (CAEN Netnews) Organization: University of Michigan - Flint References: <1991Apr2.171206.12184@bilver.uucp> <3763@batman.moravian.EDU> <1991Apr14.164352.28893@bilver.uucp> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1991 03:06:56 GMT In article <1991Apr14.164352.28893@bilver.uucp> bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) writes: >The other thing to remember about MCA vs ISA machines, is that MCA is a >hardware bus standard and CPU independant, while the ISA is a bus designed >around a bus that is expecting an iNTEL type of chip. Many Apollo machines have ISA slots. (Both 68030 machines, and RISC based CPUs. Naturally it isn't the only type of bus in the machines, but shows ISA does'nt require an iNTEL type of chip.)