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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: PnP PCI modem
From:       Mike Smith <mike () smith ! net ! au>
Date:       1998-12-31 18:49:16
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> 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.

Could well be; I remember a press release a while back about it, but I 
never went all the way through both.  I'll take your word for it being 
PC99 and actually read it when I get a chance. 8)

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