Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 23:29:46 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PnP PCI modem Message-ID: <368B8A5A.D8EEF17@newsguy.com> References: <Pine.SGI.3.96.981231080732.4553A-100000@animaniacs.itribe.net>
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Jamie Bowden wrote: > > > Isn't that the PC99 spec? The 98 spec says it can't exist for some > > consumer related products. The 99 spec does away with the ISA bus > > completely. Otehrwise the PC98 systems wouldn't have the ISA bus in > > them at all, like the one I have on my desk at work. PC98 made the > > bus optional. > > So, does this mean motherboards with a decent number of PCI slots will > start appearing? Truth to be told, MS' PCs spec are headed to un-upgradability. Like requiring WebTV hardware for any Entertainement class PCs, and recommending it elsewhere, at the same time it advises against CPU or memory upgradability (for now -- these advises have a tendency to turn into requirements). So... if MS has the way they seem to be wanting, the answer would be no. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com "Heart like a Gabriel, pure and white as ivory, soul like a lucifer, black and cold as a piece of lead." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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