VLB SCSI?

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Sun Oct 28 00:11:03 2001

----- Original Message -----
From: <jpero_at_sympatico.ca>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: VLB SCSI?


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> > The ISA Ram will run at the ISA rate, which is not terribly fast, but it's
> > normally as fast as the CPU requires. Unfortunately, the ISA clock is a
> > STANDARD, at 8 MHz, so, even in cases where the CPU runs at 10 or 12 MHz,
(I've
> > got one that runs at 24), the ISA is still limited by that 8 MHz clock.
>
> Not usually, junky clones had odd ISA clocks and some were too high.
>
Well, there is an IEEE standard that applies to ISA, and guess what it uses as
the "standard" clock ... use something else, and you're on your own.
>
> > Dick
>
> Wizard
>
>
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