From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jul 17 21:23:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA26841 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 17 Jul 1997 21:23:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA26836 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 1997 21:23:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id NAA04019 for chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 18 Jul 1997 13:53:22 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707180423.NAA04019@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Imminent death of ISA predicted, film at 11... To: chat@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 13:53:21 +0930 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk http://www8.zdnet.com/pcweek/news/0630/03espec.html " Despite Intel and Microsoft's attempts to rid the PC industry of the legacy ISA bus, it will not come to pass even next year. The exclusion of ISA, which does not support Plug and Play, will still be a recommendation, not a requirement, in PC98, meaning that PC makers will continue to build it in. "You can imagine a big, sad face attached to this part of the spec," said Hyde. "We wanted to get rid of ISA in 1998, but we can't do it before 1999." After January 1999, Microsoft will not grant a Windows logo to PC makers who include ISA slots in its systems. " Points will be awarded for cynical observations on the above four paragraphs. I give myself four and a half; see if you can do better. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[