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- From: dhess@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Drew William Hess)
- Subject: Re: Pentium
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- Date: 28 Jan 93 07:17:21 GMT
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- Well, this is just a guess, but I would think that Intel will try to push
- PCI on the market along with the Pentium. I believe that Compaq, Dell,
- AST, and other heavy hitters who are usually first-to-market with a new
- chip have all jumped on the PCI bandwagon. The Pentium will be a perfect
- opportunity to get rid of the ISA anchor.
-
- Obviously, if this happens, these systems will include an ISA bus as a PCI
- "peripheral." Maybe 3 ISA slots and 3 PCI slots, or something like that.
- This is also assuming that the PCI-SIG has come up with a connector
- specification by then.
-
- I'm sure you'll also see systems with ISA busses only to speed up time-
- to-market and to cut costs. And, given the way the PC market works, we'll
- all probably end up stuck with ISA *again* because these motherboards will
- be so damn cheap in about 2-3 years.... (not including the liquid-nitrogen
- tank required to keep the Pentium cool.)
-
- -dwh-
- dhess@cs.stanford.edu
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