On Sat, 11 Mar 2006, Dan Ceppa wrote:

>  DC> EISA is the 16 bit cards, isn't it?
>
>  JB> No, there was an 8-bit, and 16 ISA. EISA is 32, FWIR. PnP too!
>
> OK, thats the double brown slot slot that has the extra white slot
> behind it.

No, EISA used a slot very similar to 16-bit ISA, but deeper -- additional
contacts were in a second row *below* the normal row of ISA contacts.

The 16-bit ISA + extra slot layout was used for VESA Local Bus, and passive
PCI/ISA backplanes.

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-- Todd Vierling   


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