Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:19165 comp.sys.mac:20347 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!payne From: payne@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Andrew Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: A plot against IBM? Message-ID: <6326@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Date: 15 Sep 88 17:20:04 GMT References: <3959@bsu-cs.UUCP> Reply-To: payne@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Andrew Payne) Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY Lines: 29 In article <3959@bsu-cs.UUCP> mithomas@bsu-cs.UUCP (Michael Thomas Niehaus) writes: >Has anyone heard the report (not confirmed) about Compac, Tandy, and about >4 other major IBM PC clone makers who have joined together to issue a >statement that they will no longer support IBM MicroChannel Architecture? I don't know if it's related, but my Sept 12 issue of _InfoWorld_ has a front page article about a bunch of vendors backing EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture). It seems that _40_ vendors, led by Compaq, are putting their weight behind EISA, "a 32-bit bus fully compatible w/ IBM's Personal Computer AT bus, and which will work with 8-bit and 16-bit XT and AT boards. The proposed specification offers not only AT-compatiblity but reportedly has performance values comperable to IBM's MCA" This doesn't seem like a rumor, it's a front page article! > >From what I heard, Compaq is leading the challenge. If this is the case, >this could be the start of the downfall of the PS/2 line. I guess it is >just a matter of time before some challenges the accepted leader. > I wouldn't go so far as to say that this is the start of the downfall of the PS/2 line, I would say that it is a *VERY VERY* interesting development. -- = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Andrew C. Payne UUCP: ...!cornell!batcomputer!payne INTERNET: payne@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu PHONE: +1 607 253 2776 USMAIL: 5428 Cls '26-UHall 5 Ithaca, NY 14853