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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: EISA/MCA *or* Local Bus? Which is better for multitasking?
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- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 19:27:27 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan1.172109.12026@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
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- >I should also mention that several vendors (IBM and Compaq, notably)
- >have had "LocalBus" video adapters for some time. By placing the
- >video on the motherboard these manufacturers did not have to worry
- >about AT bus limitations. (True LocalBus, of course, offers up to
- >three slots, which means the video circuitry can be replaced and still
- >stay local.)
-
- *groan*
-
- I wonder if IBM made true Local Bus video or simply stuck MCA
- video on the motherboard. Either should be fairly easy to do,
- and there is no way the integrated video on Model 70s and 55SXs
- could be local bus - they're so slow. Especially the awful 8
- bit video on the 55SX. If IBM has been using Local Bus then
- everyone would have been flocking to buy their machines because
- they'd have screamingly fast video... *groan*
-
- "On the Motherboard" does not necessarily mean "Local Bus".
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