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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!zeos!kgermann
- From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
- Subject: Re: Who makes VESA local bus motherboards?
- Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 18:21:15 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep05.182115.2790@zeos.com>
- References: <1992Sep4.171550.17522@grebyn.com> <Bu2soo.LKH@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Sep5.131810.23736@panix.com>
- Lines: 69
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- In article <1992Sep5.131810.23736@panix.com> nina@panix.com (Nina Yuan) writes:
- >In <Bu2soo.LKH@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jas37876@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (John A. Slagel) writes:
- >> The VESA standard for local bus isn't expected till later this year.
- >> So, for now, nobady makes one.
- >
- >Really? So when Zeos and Gateway told me that their new machines have a
- >VESA-compatible local bus, what are they talking about?
- >
-
- ZEOS is on the VESA committee for establishing the Standard for VESA Local
- Bus. We do have a VESA Local Bus motherboard designed by ZEOS.
-
- Technical Information on the New ZEOS VESA Local Bus Motherboard.
-
- - Upgradable processor of your choice.
-
- - Supports the 486SX-25, 486DX-33, 486DX2-50, 486DX2-66 and the P24T when it
- is released.
-
- - Processor upgrades are done by inserting the processor into the ZIF socket,
- and changing a jumper on the motherboard.
-
- - Flash ROM Phoenix BIOS.
-
- - BIOS autodetects and autoconfigures serial and parallel ports/devices.
-
- - Accepts 2, 4, 8, and 16MB 36 Bit SIMMS in 4 SIMM sockets.
-
- - RAM configurations of 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 16, 32 and 64 MB supported.
-
- - SIMMS speeds of 40, 50, 60, 70, and 80ns.
-
- - Two serial ports. National 87311 (16450 compatible).
-
- - One Bi-directional parallel port. The parallel port can be toggled
- between bi and unidirectional modes.
-
- - Built-in IDE interface that will support two IDE hard drives.
-
- - Optional SCSI Interface on the motherboard using a "Plug In" chip.
-
- - Adaptec 6260 8 bit SCSI BUS data path. Command set it SCSI-II compatible.
- Adaptec 1520 equivalent.
-
- - SCSI Bus interface is 16 bit in PIO mode and 8 bit in DMA mode.
-
- - IRQ 10, 11, 12 and 15 selectable for the "Plug in" SCSI support.
-
- - SCSI Synchronous data transfer rate of 4Mb per second.
-
- - Seven 16 bit expansion slots.
-
- - One 8 bit expansion slots.
-
- - Two VESA Local Bus Slots.
-
- - The motherboard will support full length cards.
-
- - System speed is selectable between 8 MHz and the speed of your
- selected processor.
-
- - FCC Class B, UL Listed, and Zeos's standard-setting warranty, guarantee
- and support policies.
-
- --
- Ken Germann ZEOS International, Ltd.
- support@zeos.com INET Technical Support
- uunet!zeos!support UUCP 530 5th Ave NW
- 612-633-4607 FAX St. Paul, MN 55112
-