Site update and Compaq 486

From: Olminkhof <jolminkh_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au>
Date: Thu Oct 7 00:14:16 1999

r. 'bear' stricklin wrote:

>The very first EISA machines were brand new in June of 1989, and were
>powered by 25 MHz 80386 CPUs. I used to have a copy of the Byte in
>question, which also featured MCA clones. I wish I knew where it got to.
>
>I don't think the first machines using 33 MHz 80486 CPUs were released
>until sometime 1991.


I don't think its the Byte article you mention, but the May 1990 Byte goes
into a comparison of EISA and Microchannel. Says the first EISA machine was
a HP Vectra 486 and talks as if the Compaq Systempro was next.

Hans
Received on Thu Oct 07 1999 - 00:14:16 BST