Ray Davison wrote:
 
> Felix Miata wrote:
 
> > Your need for ISA........
 
> I can't find anything in this thread that indicates ISA is required.
> If it is, for what function?

This is Don's thread. He said ISA is his requirement.
 
> Something to consider; Intel has announced it is dumping ATX.  AMD may
> not follow.

Intel hasn't done it yet:
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/d915pcy/sb/cs-012065.htm

Just see how many 915P motherboards you find with 4 legacy PCI slots
from other manufacturers.

What they've dumped (besides ISA) is AGP, replaced with PCI Express X16
for off-board video.
 
> So far I have had two AMD 64 MB that would not provide OS/2 access to
> the desktop; no KB or mouse, and would not run Partition Magic 3.05 or
> 6 while booted from a DOS floppy.  The MSI required special memory and
> video card to POST.

Things like that are why I quit buying motherboards with AMD chipsets.

This is what I'm writing this with:
http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/techspec.php?categories=1&model=147
but as soon as Fedex can get it here I'll be using:
http://www.pcchips.com.tw/PCCWeb/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?MenuID=92&LanID=0&DetailID=298&DetailName=Specification
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