On Sat, 5 Feb 2000 10:24:27 -0800 (PST) 
 Robert Kennedy <robert@Theory.Stanford.EDU> wrote:

 > It's possible I just don't know what EISA is, but I think I have a
 > machine with PCI and EISA. It's a 486 motherboard with PCI slots and
 > 16-bit ISA slots. What's the difference between ISA and EISA?

EISA == a 32-bit bus which was an extension of ISA.  It wasn't as
good as PCI, but it sure was a lot better than ISA :-)

Several higher-end Alpha models came with EISA, as well.

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>