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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!199.60.19.15!news.island.net!nanaimo.island.net!cmott From: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: ISA Plug and Play, Ugh... Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 12:02:58 -0800 Organization: Island Internet Inc. - (604) 753-2383 Lines: 14 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.961214114633.32739B-100000@nanaimo.island.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: nanaimo.island.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: cmott@nanaimo.island.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32609 I recently had the very unpleasant experience of inadvertantly purchasing an ISA Plug and Play card. It could theoretically be configured under Windows3.1, with a fixed I/O address and interrupt, but I only had a DOS boot disk and no access to Win3.1. I returned the card. I felt like I like I had quickly disgorged a bad meal. Yesterday, I was looking through a mail order catalog, and I saw a number of ISA cards being adverside as "Plug 'n Play". Question: are manufacturers dumping their remaining inventory on the market, and we will soon be free of the wretched standard? Or will ISA Plag and Play cards come to dominate the market? Charles Mott