On Wednesday, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
] >This is probably a VLB card: VESA Local Bus, what most 486's use as a
] >32 bit bus: slower than PCI but faster than ISA. Cheaper than PCI.
]
] There, that was the info I needed, what sort of machine would have used
] this VLB card and why. Thanks hoody!
Well, a 486 would have used it! VLB was the best bus for a few years
during 486's, before the Pentiums. Most 486s had them, but some
486DX4's had PCI and a few even had both VLB/PCI. Same with P60.
OK, The VLB used the same slots as ISA, but stuck an extra bit on the
end, which runs fast than the 8MHz ISA. PCI changed the orientation
of the card.
IIRC, there was two camps fighting each other: VLB and PCI. VLB was
cheaper and initially won many customers, but PCI is better
technically and adopted as Pentium standard - mostly used still even
in PII.
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