Date: 2:26 am  Sun Nov 5, 1995         Number : 98 of 200                       
From: Romeo                            Base   : BOMB_NET - Hardware Discussion  
To  : Socrates                                                                  
Subj: Re: Info.                                                                 
                                                                                
S>     I'm posting a message to find out about PCI.                             
S>     I need to know why mboards come with 3 PCI and 4 ISA.. What the heck is  
S> ISA?? I'm wondering this before I decide to totally go PCI.                  
                                                                                
    ISA is what your modem is..  (8-bit isa anyways)..  16 bit has a little     
addition to the slot.                                                           
                                                                                
    VLB is a 16-bit ISA + a brown thingy on the end.                            
                                                                                
    PCI is a white slot..                                                       
                                                                                
    you can't go 100% PCI..                                                     
                                                                                
    the only way you can run your VLB card with a PCI motherboard is if you     
pick up an ASUS PCI motherboard..  (unfortunatly, they no longer make 486       
boards)..  *BUT* you won't need it.  80%+ of PCI motherboards have an           
integrated 32bit IDE controller...                                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
         ∙ ROMEO                                                           
                                                                                
--- Renegade v5-9 Exp                                                           
 * Origin: ∙ SiLK & DESiRE ▄ (2662:519/100)


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