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echo: classic_computer
to: Bryan Pope
from: James Bradley
date: 2006-03-17 19:08:02
subject: MiniScribe

Bryan Pope wrote All on 03-16-06 05:32

 BP> From: bpope{at}wordstock.com (Bryan Pope)
 BP> Reply-To: Fidonet Classic_Computer Echo
 BP> 

 >  DC> On 12 Mar 06  21:11:00, BOB KLAHN got back to DAN CEPPA
 > ->> Re: MiniScribe
 >
 >  JB>>> No, there was an 8-bit, and 16 ISA. EISA is 32, FWIR. PnP too!
 >  DC>
 >  DC>> OK, thats the double brown slot slot that has the extra
 >  DC>> white slot behind it.
 >  DC>
 >  DC>> They made a lot of changes in short time!
 >
 >  BK>> Don't forget VLB.
 >
 >  DC> Which one's that one?
 >
 >  Vesa Local Bus. Longer slot. Faster bus. Sorta a transition
 >  between ISA and PCI.

 BP> But wasn't it only used for video cards like AGP is today?

At most, I have seen two VLB slots on a MB. Vid, and 'multi-io' was the most
common function for them.


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