EISA question

From: R. Stricklin <red_at_bears.org>
Date: Sun Jul 12 02:27:55 1998

On Sun, 12 Jul 1998, Russ Blakeman wrote:

> Am I nuts or is it possible to use 8 and 16 bit ISA cards in an EISA
> slot?

EISA is a very cool bus (and is almost on topic, being ratified as a
standard in early 1989, to combat MCA). It is 100% backward compatible
with ISA.

There are standoffs at the bottom of the EISA card connectors so that ISA
cards won't make electrical contact with the EISA part of the socket. EISA
cards are slotted so as to fit all the way down in.

ok
r.
Received on Sun Jul 12 1998 - 02:27:55 BST