From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 12 06:56:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA04769 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 06:56:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sumatra.americantv.com (sumatra.americantv.com [207.170.17.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA04758 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 06:56:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from right.PCS (right.PCS [148.105.10.31]) by sumatra.americantv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA14324; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 08:56:04 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from jlemon@localhost) by right.PCS (8.6.13/8.6.4) id IAA20635; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 08:55:33 -0500 Message-ID: <19970912085532.12359@right.PCS> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 08:55:32 -0500 From: Jonathan Lemon To: "K.J.Koster" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ISA/EISA question References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.61.1 In-Reply-To: ; from K.J.Koster on Sep 09, 1997 at 01:45:18PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sep 09, 1997 at 01:45:18PM +0100, K.J.Koster wrote: > I was looking into motherboards, and I found one I liked, but it has 4 EISA > slots and 1 ISA slot... > > This may be a bit of a dumb question, but can I stick my soundblaster into > an EISA slot? What's the difference between EISA and ISA? Yes. EISA is ``Extended ISA'', and provides a 32-bit datapath to the cards, while ISA only provides a 16-bit datapath. However, EISA is backwards compatible, so you can plug ISA cards into an EISA slot and have them work. -- Jonathan