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From: pmd@cbnews.ATT.COM (Paul Dubuc)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: EISA info?
Keywords: architecture, EISA
Message-ID: <1197@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 16 Sep 88 12:57:02 GMT
References: <12452@duke.cs.duke.edu>
Reply-To: pmd@cbnews.ATT.COM (Paul Dubuc)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus
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In article <12452@duke.cs.duke.edu> aw@romeo.cs.duke.edu (Angus Wang) writes:
}
}Does any one know what is unique about the EISA (Ext'd Ind. Stand. Arch)
}that is suppose to give IBM such a blow?  I've seen newspaper articles on it
}but no techical specifics.  What are the 9 or so companies that were in 
}on it? As far as I have heard/read among them were Compaq, Commputer 
}Associate (I guess to make sure there's a sufficient amount of software
}available for the new srchitecture), and another company that I forget.
}Anyone know of any references or press releases that are fairly technical
}and specific?

AST Research and Hewlett Packard are also in on it (among others which I
forget).  I wonder how much the new standard resembles AST's SmartSlot
architecture in its Premium/386 machine which is supposed to include an AT
compatible bus.  (The June 1988 issue of Personal Computing featured articles
on AST and the Premium/386.)
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