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- From: pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: local bus
- Message-ID: <1992Jul26.155624.14170@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: 26 Jul 92 15:56:24 GMT
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- In article <3771@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> wct1+@pitt.edu (William C Tom) writes:
- >
- >When local buses become standard in the next year or so, will
- >we need new video cards and HD interfaces? Will current boards
- >just plug into the local bus slots, or is the interface totally
- >different?
-
- The interface is totally different. You may be able to plug in your
- old cards into the local bus slots (don't know if it is backward
- compatible) but you surely won't get the increased speed. That's
- why I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for the darn VESA
- spec to come out!
-
- Paul
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