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  2. From: jslm_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Jonathan Schulman)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
  4. Subject: Re: EISA machine
  5. Message-ID: <1992Sep13.144934.2645@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
  6. Date: 13 Sep 92 14:49:34 GMT
  7. References: <1992Sep12.195828.14013@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> <1992Sep13.001835.24475@midway.uchicago.edu>
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  9. Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York
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  13. In <1992Sep13.001835.24475@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
  14. >EISA isn't going to provide ISA (AT bus) adapters with features that
  15. >aren't found on the AT bus.  Meaning that true 32-bit EISA adapters
  16. >can share interrupts and other resources, but AT bus adapters cannot,
  17. >even in an EISA system.
  18.  
  19. >-- 
  20. So even I have an EISA machine, I can't share the DMA channels between my
  21. QIC-02 card, and my Soundblaster card. Great...
  22.