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- From: pathak@mitre.org (Heeren Pathak)
- Subject: Re: XGA-2 Clarification
- Message-ID: <pathak-181292115317@virtual.mitre.org>
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- References: <1992Dec18.063416.3786@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 16:55:24 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec18.063416.3786@ultb.isc.rit.edu>,
- jks4675@ritvax.isc.rit.edu wrote:
- >
- > For those of you who I misled...
- > The ISA XGA-2 board will cost $499
- >
- > The MCA XGA-2 board will cost $399.
- >
- > If you can justify why a 32-bit card costs LESS than a 16-bit,
- > you will have my compliments, as well as the rest of the Microelectronics
- > Department here....
- >
- > The cost difference is due to IBM, not Radius.
-
- Not necessarily. The cost difference may be due to the bus master
- technology for the ISA bus. Remember, the Microchannel bus DIRECTLY
- supports bus mastering. I didn't even think that bus mastering was
- possible on the ISA bus but it looks like Radius figured out how to do it.
- I suspect part of the cost may be related to this.
-
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