aw@romeo.cs.duke.edu (Angus Wang) (09/16/88)
Does any one know what is unique about the EISA (Ext'd Ind. Stand. Arch) that is suppose to give IBM such a blow? I've seen newspaper articles on it but no techical specifics. What are the 9 or so companies that were in on it? As far as I have heard/read among them were Compaq, Commputer Associate (I guess to make sure there's a sufficient amount of software available for the new srchitecture), and another company that I forget. Anyone know of any references or press releases that are fairly technical and specific? Department of Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27706 UUCP : decvax!duke!aw CSNET: aw@duke ARPA : aw@cs.duke.edu
pmd@cbnews.ATT.COM (Paul Dubuc) (09/16/88)
In article <12452@duke.cs.duke.edu> aw@romeo.cs.duke.edu (Angus Wang) writes: } }Does any one know what is unique about the EISA (Ext'd Ind. Stand. Arch) }that is suppose to give IBM such a blow? I've seen newspaper articles on it }but no techical specifics. What are the 9 or so companies that were in }on it? As far as I have heard/read among them were Compaq, Commputer }Associate (I guess to make sure there's a sufficient amount of software }available for the new srchitecture), and another company that I forget. }Anyone know of any references or press releases that are fairly technical }and specific? AST Research and Hewlett Packard are also in on it (among others which I forget). I wonder how much the new standard resembles AST's SmartSlot architecture in its Premium/386 machine which is supposed to include an AT compatible bus. (The June 1988 issue of Personal Computing featured articles on AST and the Premium/386.) -- Paul Dubuc | "Seeing too much to deny and too little cbdkc1!pmd | to be sure, I am in a state to be pitied". | Pascal |