On 1999-11-23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>Since the EISA design required closer tolerances and an expensive
>socket, not to mention a special chip-set on every I/O card to
>allow them to auto- configure (a predecessor of Plug-n-Play), EISA
>cost more to implement.
>Most EISA-bus motherboards ended up in network server systems,
>since their moderately fast throughput and large number of bus
>slots (some had as many as 14 slots) allowed them to handle greater
>numbers of disk controllers, network interface cards (NICs), and
>multi-port serial interface cards.
My current Win3.11 computer is an EISA system and it was built as a server
:-)
It is a 486dx/2, but has the Overdrive socket as well. I just haven't
gotten around to filling it with a Kingston Turbo Chip yet.
I find that ISA cards do not fit into EISA slots very well....The slot
covers, built onto the back of the card, don't fit quite correctly.
Chad A. Fernandez
Battle Creek, MI
Net-Tamer V 1.11.2 - Test Drive
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