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- From: hho@aludra.usc.edu (** N.T.K.C.D. ***)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: ISA cards in an EISA bus
- Date: 3 Sep 1992 23:07:34 -0700
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Message-ID: <ladv96INNmr8@aludra.usc.edu>
- References: <1992Aug31.201502.14568@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <1992Sep2.140212.1@ttd.teradyne.com>
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- >
- >1) Does the 1740 bios allow booting from a hard disk?
- > (It's hard to imagine that it wouldn't, but I'd safer to
- > ask before I've spent any money.)
-
- Yes, i can boot from my 1740 EISA and 1542 ISA
-
- >2) Will I lose the 1740's 32-bit performance due to
- > the presence of an ISA card in the system?
- > (I'm not sure why this would be, but I've heard rumors
- > that having even one ISA card in an EISA bus effectively
- > trashes the whole reason to have an EISA bus in the
- > first place.
-
- No, I am using it at the expand (?) or turbo mode perfectly (haven't
- open that thing for so long :-)
-
- I have a ISA NIC and ISA serial/parallel, no noticable different
- in speed when measure using novell..
-
- Good Luck
- H.
-
-
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- Hung P. Ho, Jr. (John) USC DENTISTRY PH.SYSTEMS CCCOGP
- hho@usc.edu hung@phsys.com hung@cccogp.com
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