Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 16:11:33 +0000 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@mofo.frt.dec.com> To: "K.J.Koster" <kjk1@ukc.ac.uk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISA/EISA question Message-ID: <199709121611.QAA19261@mofo.frt.dec.com> In-Reply-To: Message from "K.J.Koster" <kjk1@ukc.ac.uk> of Fri, 12 Sep 1997 13:45:18 %2B0100.
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"K.J.Koster" writes: > 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 cards have longer edge connectors which go further into the slot. The EISA specific signals are all on the deeper contacts which only an EISA card connects to. That's why it's called _Enhanced_ (or Extended) ISA :-) This is all from memory of an article I read in c't magazine, so beware. --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) garyj@muc.de (play) gj@freebsd.org
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