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From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD system
Date: 25 Apr 94 20:42:27 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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References: <4902@bigfoot.first.gmd.de> <1994Apr20.155710.2992@palantir.p.tvt.se> <5O+tb8n.dysonj@delphi.com> <CotA5p.30u@pegasus.com>
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In <CotA5p.30u@pegasus.com> richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) writes:
>>>: > The BT545S ISA SCSI controller is good too, but EISA is THE way to go!!!!
>>>:
>>>: EISA is dead, PCI is *the* way to go ?!
>>Well, I am going to suggest the more conservative way to go. PCI is still
>>fairly new and I believe that if someone is asking, then they are not
>>necessarily prepared to "experiment". I agree PCI is in our future, but
>>EISA is solid.
>There is also VESA local bus, which is less expensive and much more
>widely available that either of the others.
Yes, and VLB is definitely the way to go if you only have a choice
between VLB and ISA. But, if you can buy a new motherboard, EISA and
PCI are true bus-mastering designs which give much better arbitration
on a busy bus. VLB is essentially just a fast, wide ISA bus, which
means it works great for a video card, but doesn't handle a lot of bus
contention terribly well.
So, definitely go VLB if you don't have EISA/PCI. But if you're in
the market for a new motherboard, seriously look at EISA or PCI
boards.
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Michael L. VanLoon Iowa State University Computation Center
michaelv@iastate.edu Project Vincent Systems Staff
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