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- From: al885@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Gerard Pinzone)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: EISA bus speed with ISA cards onboard?
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- Date: 6 Jan 93 04:23:24 GMT
- References: <C0E0I2.Hyx@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Reply-To: al885@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Gerard Pinzone)
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- In a previous article, pablo@acsu.buffalo.edu (Juan P. Abonia) says:
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- >Could someone tell me how the bus speed of the an EISA machine is affected when
- >an ISA card is installed in an expansion slot. I have heard that the bus
- >defaults to the speed of the slowest card on the bus. I've seen Mhz ratings
- >of 8 or 8.33. Thanks for your help.
- >
- EISA is locked at 8 MHz just like ISA. If you want a fast bus, you will have
- to go to VESA Localbus or PCI.
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