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- From: I18BC@CUNYVM.BITNET (Spartacus At Cuny)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: VESA/PCI? (Was: Local Bus, what is it?)
- Message-ID: <92253.195213I18BC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- Date: 9 Sep 92 23:52:13 GMT
- Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center
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- Supersedes: <92250.173332I18BC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
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- In article <1992Sep06.180304.9081@zeos.com>, kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
- says:
- >
- >LOCAL BUS is the bus that your processor accesses memory on. It runs at the
- >same speed as the processor. This is much faster than EISA. Most people
- >who buy EISA, buy one because they want faster hard disk access,
- >faster video, and faster Ethernet access. I would exepect to see in the
- >upcoming months boards designed to accomodate LOCAL BUS SCSI, IDE, ETHERNET;
- >Not necessarily from ZEOS.
-
- I got a question, is the VESA local bus standard 32-bits wide or 16?
- Which local bus standard is worth waiting for, VESA or Intel's PCI?
- What pros & cons for VESA over PCI and vice versa? Please
- elaborate, I would like to have a better understanding of these two
- standards. Anyone??
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- ------------------------------+ All The Best,
- Reply To: |
- | Edward Galarza,
- I18BC@CunyVM.Cuny.Edu | Brooklyn College Of The
- I18BC@CunyVM.BitNet | City University Of New York
- ------------------------------+ "Que viva el OS/2!"
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