>> No, the reason these big companies still have EISA busses in their
>> big, high-end multi-processor servers is because EISA is well defined,
>> and it works.  PCI doesn't.  At least, not until recently.  Compaq
>> couldn't get a PCI chipset that would work on its multi-processor
>> machines, and I still don't know if they offer PCI in their big
>> Prolineas, at least not the four-processor-capable models.

This is silly. Millions would question this one. Compaq has long been
a vendor with questionable MBs (as they implement many of their own
"standards"). The taiwanese have been making ones that work well for 
many months now. The days of brand-name superiority have long been
replaced by quick-turn flexibility. Perhaps the market is different in zinkunka
(or wherever you are), but in the US there are many more quality PCI choices
that EISA.

>
>my 0.02,
>
>How long does it take to get a box from design to mass production?
>Considering PCI only recently became 'stable' these vendors might have PCI
>designs on the cards right now, but we'll only see the machines next year
>sometime...

For the taiwanese.....four weeks. For Compaq, HP, etc....a year.

Dennis
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