From: heron@carson.u.washington.edu (Craig Horman) Subject: EISA video cards supported? Date: 16 Apr 1993 06:15:52 GMT
I'm preparing to ditch a MIPS-based workstation and replace it with
a 486DX50 w/EISA slots. Please forgive my ignorance, but I'm wondering
if an EISA variant of any of the cards listed in the Linux X11 supported
hardware list (the Orchid ProDesigner IIs, say) will work. I'm interested
in driving a 1024x768x256 NI, or better, display. If the answer is
affirmative, I'd love to hear people's impressions of the relative speed
of ISA, EISA, and LB variants of similar boards. I have heard the
arguments touting local bus over EISA, and I mostly agree with them.
Due to circumstances, I will most likely end up with an EISA machine
anyway.
Thank you.