dave@csis.dit.csiro.au (David Campbell) (06/28/91)
I am thinking of buying a 386DX33 and with my shopping around I have found different makes, some with a 32-bit slot and some without. Is there any purpose for a 32-bit slot apart from memory expansion? Most of the machines I've seen are expandable to 16Mb on the motherboard and thats enough for me, so is a 32-bit slot useless for me? -- Dave Campbell -- dave@csis.dit.csiro.au -- dave campbell
afdenis@lims05.lerc.nasa.gov (Stephen Dennison) (06/29/91)
In article <1991Jun27.211414.5322@csis.dit.csiro.au>, dave@csis.dit.csiro.au (David Campbell) writes... >I am thinking of buying a 386DX33 and with my shopping around I have found >different makes, some with a 32-bit slot and some without. Is there >any purpose for a 32-bit slot apart from memory expansion? >Most of the machines I've seen are expandable to 16Mb on the motherboard >and thats enough for me, so is a 32-bit slot useless for me? If it's a MICROCHANNEL or EISA 32-bit compatible bus, there are some hard drive controllers that will use a 32 bit parallel transfer path, but these are very esoteric and the speed gain/dollar ratio is very low IMHO. You do, however, want 1 32-bit memory slot because, remember a few years back when we all thought that 1 meg was more than we would ever need ?? Stephen Dennison "My life is a sine wave. Now, if I could just get the damned amplitude down..." Stephen Dennison