tackett@ipla01.hac.com (Walter Tackett) (03/28/91)
Article 7079 of comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware: Path: hacgate!tackett@ipla01.hac.com From: tackett@ipla01.hac.com (Walter Tackett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: eisa vs isa Message-ID: <14109@hacgate.UUCP> Date: 28 Mar 91 07:45:09 GMT Sender: news@hacgate.UUCP Distribution: na Organization: Eccentric Thousandaire Lines: 10 i am buying an ibm pc clone with a 33MHz 80486 processor. the dealer says that it sports an ISA (as opposed to an EISA) bus architecture. Is this guy full of sh*t or does it make a critical difference, or what? my understanding was that ISA is basically a 16-bit bus structure! RSVP FAST! Please include any references to published material which may be of use to me. Thank you in advance. -walter tackett@ipla01.hac.com sahtirn@ipla01.hac.com