In message <199906021503.LAA00714@pzero.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>, Michael Richar
dson writes:
>  Chips exist that do 4 slot PCI, while a lot of system vendors would like to
>push one more connector on the board. So, they have been putting a non-bus-mas
>ter,
>no IRQ slot. Perfect for video cards. Now they put AGP slots instead. 

Of course, this stopped being a good idea years ago when video cards started
using IRQ's.

-s