[wplug] 32-bit ISA Slot name

[Eric Fierke]

no, its not vesa (that's an isa port with what looks like a short pci slot
on the end).  It's not EISA (that's just beige isa :).  The ONLY time I've
seen 'double isa' slots is for backplane connectors, and I'm not sure if
there is a standard name.

Eric


On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Ty :D wrote:

> Thanks for the reply, but I dont think that is hte answer i am looking for,
> im looking for the name of the actual port.  I am told that if you heard it
> in context, it would not sound like anything related to computers.  This is
> a trivia question in my college class in case your curious
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> >From: "James O'Kane" <jo2y at midnightlinux.com>
> >To: wplug at wplug.org
> >CC: "Ty :D" <tyris1802 at hotmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [wplug] 32-bit ISA Slot name
> >Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:23:01 -0500 (EST)
> >
> >On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Ty :D wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone know the proper name of a 32-bit ISA Expansion slot. To give
> >you
> > > an idea of what im talking about, it looks like two 16-bit ISA slots
> >butted
> > > up together at the end,but it is actually one 32-bit slot. Any help
> >would be
> > > greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Does it look like this:
> >http://members.iweb.net.au/~pstorr/pcbook/images/486amr1.gif
> >
> >That's a vesa local bus, a competitor of PCI that didn't win in the
> >market.
> >
> >-james
> >
> >
>
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