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From: bmarsh@cod.NOSC.MIL (William C. Marsh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Replacing ISA with EISA
Keywords: EISA ISA motherboard upgrade
Message-ID: <3076@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 20 May 91 22:47:26 GMT
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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I'm planning on replacing my old 12Mhz 286 with a new motherboard in the
near future.  Since EISA motherboards are coming down in price, I would 
like to get more information about EISA and their physical size.

Does anyone have any experiance replacing an ISA motherboard with an EISA
motherboard?  I need to know if a standard tower case will accept the EISA
motherboard and cards.  I know 'electrically' ISA cards will work, but will they
fit in the case I have?

Has anyone had much experiance with EISA motherboards?  I've heard a
rumor of a bug in the Intel EISA chip set.  Is there anything to this
rumor, and how would it effect system performance?

Please send email, and I'll be happy to summarize anything I find out.

Thanks in Advance!

Bill
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