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- From: hwrvo@kato.lahabra.chevron.com (W.R. Volz)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Bus def's ==> Re: EISA vs. ISA (& VESA, VL-bus, Local bus)
- Message-ID: <8738@lhdsy1.lahabra.chevron.com>
- Date: 12 Dec 92 00:07:41 GMT
- References: <1992Dec4.181624.25510@cis.ohio-state.edu> <tooraj.723801273@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au> <8673@lhdsy1.lahabra.chevron.com> <1992Dec11.203408.10688@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
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- In article <1992Dec11.203408.10688@mksol.dseg.ti.com>, mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
- |> In <8673@lhdsy1.lahabra.chevron.com> hwrvo@kato.lahabra.chevron.com (W.R. Volz) writes:
- |>
- |> >|> While we are at the subject, could some one please tell us all,
- |> >|> what are the differences between
- |> >|> * ISA (the mormal 386 type bus, right?)
- |> >|> * EISA (extended ISA, 32 bit, look like IAS but twice
- |> >|> longer right?)
- |> >|> * VL-bus (differnt type of expansion slot, looks all
- |> >|> diferent, much smaller than ISA, connected to the
- |> >|> CPU directly, good for video cards, or is it VESA?)
- |> >|> * Local Bus (?)
- |> >|> * VESA (?^10)
- |>
- |> >EISA is a new Extended ISA bus. It is 32 bits wide and runs at 33 mhz,
- |> >I think. This bus should be 32 * 33 / ( 16 * 8) or about 8 times faster
- |> >than the ISA bus. I don't know what cards are available but ISA is
- |> >compatible with this bus though is halves the bus speed. Don't know what
- |> >that does to cards expecting an 8 Mhz bus.
- |>
- |> People keep asking this question, and people keep getting it wrong.
- |> EISA runs at ***8.33*** MHz. It will transfer at FOUR times the speed
- |>
-
- It appears that, usually, when someone asks a reasonable question, he
- gets no responses. I've asked several and got little or nothing in return.
- The most is usually a few asking me to send on replies if I get them.
- I found that I can learn much more by answering a question, even if
- I know the answer is wrong. I know that someone will correct me and I
- can take the median of the answers and the true answer. Try calling
- several vendors and ask them the same question and see if you get the
- same answer. I've been corrected on this twice now so the EISA bus
- speed seems to be 8.33 mhz. As for local bus at 50 Mhz, there still
- seems to be questions if the bus can still be called VESA. It doesn't
- really matter.
-
- For those who took the time to correct me, thank you. I've learned
- something and will be able to ask more intelligent questions when
- I go and buy a system this weekend.
-
- I still have questions on EISA vs ISA, local bus or not. I won't ask
- them here, because after today it'll be too late to change.
- Unless they have a 30 day money back guarantee.
- --
-
- ======================
- Bill Volz
- Chevron Oil Field Research Co.
- Exploration Research/Geophysics Division.
- P.O. Box 446, La Habra, CA 90633-0446
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