From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 12 07:51:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA08068 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 07:51:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail13.digital.com (mail13.digital.com [192.208.46.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA08055 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 07:51:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cssmuc.frt.dec.com (cssmuc.frt.dec.com [16.186.96.161]) by mail13.digital.com (8.7.5/UNX 1.5/1.0/WV) with SMTP id KAA26399; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 10:13:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mofo.frt.dec.com by cssmuc.frt.dec.com; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/14Nov95-0232PM) id AA03400; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 16:13:33 +0200 Received: from mofo.frt.dec.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mofo.frt.dec.com (8.8.6/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA19261; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 16:11:33 GMT Message-Id: <199709121611.QAA19261@mofo.frt.dec.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "K.J.Koster" Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message from "K.J.Koster" of Fri, 12 Sep 1997 13:45:18 +0100. Reply-To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com Subject: Re: ISA/EISA question Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 16:11:33 +0000 From: Gary Jennejohn Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk "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