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- From: pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu (Pierre VonKaenel)
- Subject: EISA - for the rest of us?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug22.175452.28767@scott.skidmore.edu>
- Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY, 12866
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 17:54:52 GMT
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- I will soon be "upgrading" my computer (buy a new one). In looking
- over the Dell catalog, I keep jumping between an ISA and an EISA
- machine. Having a microchannel now, I am aware of the simplicity of
- adding adapters and the relief from interrupt shortages in the MC bus.
- But, since ISA today offers more interrupt numbers than in the old
- days, I'm looking for other advantages of the EISA. One thing
- mentioned from time to time is the added band width and speed. EISA
- is often mentioned in the same breadth as SERVER, but what about a
- personal machine? What does EISA offer for the advanced user?
-
- I use OS/2, spreadsheets, WP, comm, compilers, and others. The Dell
- offers an EISA SCSI 32 bit controller from Adaptec and the model I'm
- looking at includes the ATI Ultra graphics card. The motherboard
- takes up to 96 MB ram, so I don't need a super bus just for an added
- memory board, since I doubt I'll ever need one (famous last words).
- Does EISA offer advantages in
-
- a) graphics (I don't think the ATI is EISA)?
- b) SCSI hard disks (using the Adaptec controller vs. an ISA SCSI).
-
- What else does it offer for a non-server? The EISA machine is only
- $250 more, but EISA boards are *very* expensive!
-
- Thanks for any help...
-
-
-
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- Pierre von Kaenel | Skidmore College | pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu
- Math & CS Dept. | Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 | (518)584-5000 Ext 2391
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