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From: nghiem@ut-emx.UUCP (Alex Nghiem)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: EISA 33 Mhz boards vs non EISA. Was: 20 Mhz 386 SX (?)
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Date: 27 Feb 90 06:44:37 GMT
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In article <25E97CF2.6432@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn) writes:

>- if you're upgrading an old PC, your old cards will still work in an
>  ISA/EISA machine, whereas to go MC you'll have to replace them _all_.

Gotcha! (:->) There are PC/XT boards that will not work in even
an AT machine no matter how hard you try. I have an Everex Evercom 1200
that refuses to work in anything other that a PC/XT bus. It appears
that bus speed/timing is the issue here. But, I do 
agree that ISA/EISA is designed to work with the older cards.
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