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- From: copernicus@digund.uucp (Copernicus)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: EISA/VESA local bus syste
- Message-ID: <584.182.uupcb@digund.uucp>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 20:20:00 GMT
- Distribution: world
- Organization: Digital Underground - PRIVATE
- Reply-To: copernicus@digund.uucp (Copernicus)
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- To: tn0s+@andrew.cmu.edu
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- TLN>Hi all,
-
- TLN>I going to buy a 486DX/33 or 486DX2/66 in the near future. I've seen
- >systems with VESA local bus slots or EISA bus or both. Needless to say,
- >I know very little about local bus or EISA. It's my understanding that
- >local bus is good for video cards and EISA is good for with hard drives
- >/ ethernet cards / modems / cd-rom / etc. What exactly are local bus
- >and EISA?
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- TLN>I plan to run Windows3.1 and Linux, a free unix clone. What kind of
- >performance gain will I get with EISA, and more importantly, is EISA
- >worth the extra money?
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- TLN>Also, are there any problems with having both EISA and local-bus on the
- >same system?
-
-
- Hello.. I am basically in the indentical arena. I would appreciate it
- if you could please forward any replies you get to this query.
-
- Thank you.
-
- I am on the virge (sp?) to buy a 486DX/33 VLB/Eisa. Upgrading from
- my 4 year old 286.
-
- Chris Nalley
- copernicus@digund.uucp
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