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- From: donyee@athena.mit.edu (Donald Yee)
- Subject: EISA vs ISA vs VesaLB w/ or w/o cache?
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 11:30:51 GMT
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- I tried to send this once, but messed up; it didn't show up here even,
- so I'll try again. Let me know if you've already seen this so I can
- try and figure out what went wrong
-
- Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I've not seen this answer to this anywhere
- lately:
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- For a single user system running DOS/Windows, OS/2, and maybe Windows
- NT in the future, is there ever an advantage to EISA or VESA Local Bus
- over ISA, the latter either with or without cache? Some devices (eg.
- my Stacker coprocessor) don't like software disk caches, so I'm
- looking into solutions which don't require software cache. How about
- cache on EISA or VESA LB boards? do they ever result in noticeably
- improved performance in addition to the purported advantages of these
- faster buses?
-
- Second question is regarding support for widespread devices- I've
- heard that ASPI compliant cards with the Corel driver set is the way
- to go. Is this true? Ideally, I'd like a card/software combination
- that is fast, and can support lots of devices, including SCSI-2, old
- SCSI, and maybe even FAST SCSI all mixed together. Can this be done,
- or is it just a pipe dream? If it can be done, which cards are there
- out there which have the above characteristics that you might
- recommend? Thanks.
-
- don
- (donyee@athena.mit.edu)
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