VLB SCSI?

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Fri Oct 26 16:39:17 2001

I've seen '386 boards, in fact just recently, with VLB slots on the mobo. I
have a couple of Pentium mobo's with both PCI and VLB slots, though, like you, I
mostly see VLB on '486 boards. My favorite of all these mobo's was a 5x86/133
model with 3 PCI, 3 ISA, of which one shared a backpanel with a PCI, and 3 VLB.
It also had all the motherboard resources we've since come to expect, e.g. dual
EIDE, 2S&1P, FDC, etc. I'd happily buy another of those, but the one I had
failed incoming inspection, having a dead FDC. ... too bad ...

Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chad Fernandez" <fernande_at_internet1.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: VLB SCSI?


> I only have 1 VLB motherboard, and one card. It is lowest number of
> cards for a given card type that I own :-) Oh wait, I only have one AGP
> card, so I guess AGP and VLB are tied in my collection. I have had lots
> of EISA, Microchannel, and ISA cards. Only 5 or 6 PCI cards, and most
> of those are recent acquisitions.
>
> I would consider VLB to be classic, or at least "legacy". I guess it
> depends on the definition. I don't think any VLB cards have been
> shipped for quite some time. They were mainly a 486 class bus. Did any
> Pentium or 386 class motherboards come with VLB slots?
>
> Chad Fernandez
> Michigan, USA
>
> Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
> > While I'm sure they exist (i.e. EISA ones), I don't have any 486
motherboards
> > that aren't VLB boards, the most recent of which was bought new in 1994.
> >
> > Still, while not-quite-classic, VLB sure isn't leading the industry...
> >
> > -dq
>
>
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