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From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD system
Date: 27 Apr 94 02:21:57 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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References: <4902@bigfoot.first.gmd.de> <1994Apr20.155710.2992@palantir.p.tvt.se> <5O+tb8n.dysonj@delphi.com> <CotA5p.30u@pegasus.com> <michaelv.767306547@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> <CovJnv.qK@gnome.co.uk>
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In <CovJnv.qK@gnome.co.uk> jacs@gnome.co.uk ( Chris Stenton) writes:

>Michael L. VanLoon (michaelv@iastate.edu) wrote:

>: In <CotA5p.30u@pegasus.com> richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) writes:

>: >>>: > The BT545S ISA SCSI controller is good too, but EISA is THE way to go!!!!

>: >>>: EISA is dead, PCI is *the* way to go ?!

>: So, definitely go VLB if you don't have EISA/PCI.  But if you're in
>: the market for a new motherboard, seriously look at EISA or PCI
>: boards.

>Why not both - I notice GigaByte Technology have just brought out a 3
>Master PCI and 5 Master EISA slot Pentium board.

Both would definitely be the best of all worlds.  Feel free to send it
to me for evaluation. :-)

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 Michael L. VanLoon                 Iowa State University Computation Center
    michaelv@iastate.edu                    Project Vincent Systems Staff
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