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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1383 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:38:41 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!caen!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!network.ucsd.edu!sdcc12!icogsci1!cg18fbi From: cg18fbi@icogsci1.ucsd.edu (Richard Dante) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: VL-BUS video in a standard ISA slot? Keywords: VL-BUS ISA Message-ID: <45045@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> Date: 15 Feb 93 12:11:15 GMT Article-I.D.: sdcc12.45045 References: <1993Feb11.160637.23671@coe.montana.edu> <ENAMI.93Feb15091048@kitt.sys.ptg.sony.co.jp> Sender: news@sdcc12.ucsd.edu Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 20 Nntp-Posting-Host: icogsci1.ucsd.edu TO THE POINT: I lust after fast video. I WANT a nice new VL-BUS 486, but I figure I have a better strategy in upgrading my video first (first a nice fat 21 inch when I can afford it and a nice fast 928 board) and milking my 386's value until 586's become cheap. THE QUESTION: Can I buy a VL-BUS card now (well, soon) and pop it in my 386 isa and expect it to work in a 16 bit mode (I suppose this is analogous to popping a 16 bit card into an XT, which works for some cards), until I get a VL-BUS motehrboard. It would be a shame to buy an ISA 928 now (well, when they come out :) and a VL-BUS motherboard later and then have 16 bit video on that nice fat bus (DOn't want to hear "32 bits not much better with an accelerator. My excuse: I'm going to run real time video at 24 bits in 1280x1024. This is a lie, but explains why I want my video running on VL-BUS not ISA) Answers anybody? (Hasty? Roell? anyone else?) THanks :) (Two 8-)'s if to the answer's yes) Rick Dante