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- Subject: Re: 3 unrelated ques
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- Date: 18 Aug 92 03:05:41 GMT
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- In article <+ndyh3c@rpi.edu> gilem@aix02.ecs.rpi.edu (Michael R. Gile) writes:
- >2) Local bus: OK, who is the wise guy. Micronics and Zeos
- >say there is a VESA standard, and they are following it. Intel
- >says that there currently is no standard, and that there won't
- >be until Jan. 93. Many companies are complaining that there
- >is no standard, and since they were 1st to use local bus technology
- >(i.e. - gigabyte), doesn't that make it seem a bit strange that
- >some claim it exists already?
-
- The wise guy is probably Intel. The last Intel rep I spoke to was firmly
- convinced that PCI would go head-to-head with (and crush) VL-bus, instead
- of playing a complimentary role (as Sun's M-bus does to their S-bus).
- This suggests to me that either Intel is planning to make fast bus mastering
- really, really, really cheap, or their marketing organization is as confused
- as ever.
-
- Who's complaining about a lack of standardization? Odds are it's not the
- motherboard manufacturers, it's the integrators who are now in the
- uncomfortable position of having to figure out what to do with all these
- de-facto standard Opti chipset motherboards.
-
- IMHO.
-
- -dave
-
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