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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 08:55:32 -0500
From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com>
To: "K.J.Koster" <kjk1@ukc.ac.uk>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: ISA/EISA question
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On Sep 09, 1997 at 01:45:18PM +0100, K.J.Koster wrote:
> I was looking into motherboards, and I found one I liked, but it has 4 EISA
> slots and 1 ISA slot...
> 
> This may be a bit of a dumb question, but can I stick my soundblaster into
> an EISA slot? What's the difference between EISA and ISA?

Yes.  EISA is ``Extended ISA'', and provides a 32-bit datapath to the
cards, while ISA only provides a 16-bit datapath.  However, EISA is 
backwards compatible, so you can plug ISA cards into an EISA slot and
have them work.
--
Jonathan