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Date:      Thu, 31 Dec 1998 08:08:29 -0500 (EST)
From:      Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, lcremean@tidalwave.net, "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>, Matt Edwards <insane1@geocities.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PnP PCI modem 
Message-ID:  <Pine.SGI.3.96.981231080732.4553A-100000@animaniacs.itribe.net>
In-Reply-To: <199812310547.WAA00584@harmony.village.org>

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On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Warner Losh wrote:

> In message <199812310048.QAA00439@dingo.cdrom.com> Mike Smith writes:
> : The PC98 spec from Microsoft mandates the nonexistence of ISA for 
> : compliance.
> 
> Isn't that the PC99 spec?  The 98 spec says it can't exist for some
> consumer related products.  The 99 spec does away with the ISA bus
> completely.  Otehrwise the PC98 systems wouldn't have the ISA bus in
> them at all, like the one I have on my desk at work.  PC98 made the
> bus optional.

So, does this mean motherboards with a decent number of PCI slots will
start appearing?

Jamie Bowden

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Systems Administrator, iTRiBE.net

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