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- Subject: Re: EISA/MCA *or* Local Bus? Which is better for multitasking?
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- Date: 19 Dec 92 22:27:51 GMT
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- >I was having my monthly drool on the Computer Shopper and I saw an ad for
- >Local Bus EISA systems. No joke. Microlink, page 401 in the December
- >issue has their "ELB" systems in 50 and 33 Mhz flavors for $2248 and
- >$2048. I realize that this isn't VESA compliant. I'm curious, however,
- >about whether it would be possible to graft VL and EISA. From what I
- >understand about VL-ISA under OS/2, the usage of memory over 16MB cannot
- >be handled well because of the 24 bit DMA. If there was a way to make
- >the VL standard work with EISA, I think that a considerable potential
- >advantage could be had in the next few years.
-
- You stopped drooling too soon! In the same December issue there is
- a table of specs for 1,006 486 systems. One of the colums indicates
- the bus used. There are around a dozen that have EISA:VESA listed.
- Also, the lead time on ads is such that some places have new
- motherboards but haven't made it into the ads yet. Call and ask.
-
- I plan to buy an EISA:VESA system to give myself maximum flexibility.
- I'll probably have VLB video and ISA (Adaptec 1542B) disk to start
- with.
-