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From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD system
References: <4902@bigfoot.first.gmd.de> <1994Apr20.155710.2992@palantir.p.tvt.se> <5O+tb8n.dysonj@delphi.com>
Organization: Pegasus Information Systems
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1994 10:51:07 GMT
Message-ID: <CotA5p.30u@pegasus.com>
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>>: > The BT545S ISA SCSI controller is good too, but EISA is THE way to go!!!!
>>: 
>>: EISA is dead, PCI is *the* way to go ?!
> 
>Well, I am going to suggest the more conservative way to go.  PCI is still
>fairly new and I believe that if someone is asking, then they are not
>necessarily prepared to "experiment".  I agree PCI is in our future, but
>EISA is solid.

There is also VESA local bus, which is less expensive and much more
widely available that either of the others.