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Dual Pentium Pro Board ISA PCI 1995 With RAM
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20 Lbs of Computer Cards ISAPCI etc for Scrap GOLD  Precious Metal Recovery $50.00 (1 Bid)
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PC Computer Analyzer Diagnostic POST Test CARD PCI ISA
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4 Digit PC ISA PCI Analyzer Diagnostic Test Post Card
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DIGIBOARD 30001754 PC e ISA
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IBM 300GL ISA PCI Riser Daughter Card Daughtercard IDE ATA FAN PCB Board 61H2331
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Therma Wave PCA Backplane ISA PCI 24258 RevB working
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Tyan S1563 Socket 1 Intel 200Mhz MMX CPU 4 PCI 5 ISA
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486 Motherboard ISA PCI EXP8C49 Ver11 ALI87 89 U 100Mh
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ETMAB AB 54 20694 02 15 SLOT 1 PICMG 5 ISA 16 BIT 5 PCI 32 BIT 2 PCI 64 BIT
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ETMAB BB 54 20708 02 15 SLOT 1 PICMG 3 ISA 16 BIT 8 PCI 32 BIT 2 PCI 64 BIT
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ABIT Motherboard Socket 370 AB ZM6 5 PCI 2 ISA slots ZM6
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NWES New Old Stock 486 motherboard with ISA and PCI slots
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Dell Optiplex GX1 Riser Card 3 PCI ISA Slot I O Interface Expansion Board 7171E
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PC PCI ISA MB Diagnostic Card Analyzer Tester POST New
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ANTEC CYCLONEBLOWER FAN CASE EXHAUST USES PCI OR ISA 42 CFM
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PCI 5S VER G1 PICMG Backplane 3 PCi 2 PICMG 1 ISA B010117274
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Advantech PCA 6119P17 REVA101 19 Slot PCI ISA Backplane Board Motherboard
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P6SET ML Elitegroup Motherboard Ecs 3Dimm 1Pci 1Isa Skt370 Slt1 Sb
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Slot One Pentium II III motherboard with ISA and PCI slots Includes 233 MHz CPU
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PICMG Backplane Board PCI 10S Ver E2 2 PICMG 4 PCI 4 ISA 10 Slot Board
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Tyan Tomcat S1563 Dual Socket 7 PCI ISA Motherboard + 2x P1 200 Mhz + 256 MB
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PC Analyzer ISA PCI 2 Digits Motherboard Diagnostic Tool Card
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PCI ISA BUS Circuit Board ISA AGP Connector FR4Material
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Packard Bell 148537 3 PCI 3 ISA Riser Card 52F53 Rev C
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486 Motherboard PCI ISA VLB 486VIP IO 486 VIP IO 13690 PS 2 Mouse VIA PC87332VLJ
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DEC 30 48972 01 Digital PC 3010 Riser PCI ISA Expansion Board w cables Clean
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Pentium Motherboard Slot1 ASUS P2L97 v105 ISA AGP PCI
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Pentium Motherboard Slot1 ASUS P2L97 v205 ISA AGP PCI
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HP Motherboard Riser Card Vectra VL 6 400 4 ISA 4 PCI Slots 5064 3642
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DELL OPTIPLEX 5x PCI 4x ISA RISER BOARD CARD 9171E
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VB 609 Slot 1 PII Motherboard AGP ISA PCI SDRAM USB 440BX HP OEM Tested Works
VB 609 Slot 1 PII Motherboard AGP ISA PCI SDRAM USB 440BX HP OEM Tested Works $7.99
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PC System Exhaust Blower PCI or ISA Slot 4 Pin
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Soyo SY 7VCA with PIII 650 MHz ISA PCI AGP AMR USB Via 694X Onboard Sound Tested
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AOpen AX59Pro with K6 200 MHz ISA PCI AGP USB Via MVP3 Tested
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Axiomtek ATX6022 14 Backplane PICMG ISA PCI Expansion w 400W FSP400 60GN Power
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POST 4 PC ISA PCI Diagnostic Card Analyzer Tester Probe
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INTEL SE440BX 2 MOTHERBOARD P3 PII 4PCI 2ISA ATX MB
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DIGIBOARD DIGI DBI 30000354 ISA I 0 PC 8 PCI CARD BOARD MULTIPORT 4 PORT REV K
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ISA PCI 2 Digit Motherboard Diagnostic Debug Post Card
ISA PCI 2 Digit Motherboard Diagnostic Debug Post Card $5.81
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Elston Post Tester ISA PCI Slot V32 POSTCARD 32 MAN
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ASUS PCI I P54TP4 Socket 5 AT Motherboard w SX968 Pentium 90MHz CPU RAM 4 ISA
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DELL 38506 Backplane 49447B06EN 5 ISA 2 PCI
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IBM 61H2331 Netfinity 3000 ISA PCI Riser Board TESTED
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PICMG PCI ISA 14 SLOT BACKPLANE PCI 14S2 BRAND NEW
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Radisys PCA P3000 Full Size PICMG Single Board Computer PCI ISA SCSI Dual
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AP PSL20Q V10 20 Slot PICMG PCI ISA ATX Segmented Backplane Board Industrial
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INTEL D845GECL MSI MS 6571 Pentium 4 Mobo 1 ISA 4 PCI
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Intel Pentium 4 845 AGP 5X PCI 2X ISA IDE 4X COM DDR Socket 478 ATX Mainboard
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PC Motherboard ISA PCI 2 Digit Debug Post Card Tester
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4 Digit PCI ISA PC Analyzer Tester w External Display
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Lot of 15 Creative Audigy Ensoniq HP IBM Sound Blaster ISA PCI Sound Cards
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Spectracom TPRO PC Timecode Reader Generator ISA Interface TSAT PCI U OPT FXA
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StarTech PCI Computer Serial Adapter 1 port 16550 ISA New DB15 legacy upgrade
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A Trend ATC 5030 Intel 430TX PCI ISA System Board Users Manual
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New ISA PCI PC 2 Digit DIAGNOSTIC CARD Motherboard POST Tester Debug 6743
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New 4 Digit PC Motherboard Diagnostic Test Analyzer PCI ISA POST Card 6742
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2 Digits Display PCI ISA PC Computer Diagnostic Card
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Mitsubishi Extension Unit EP72EX PA21 S1 PCI2 ISA1
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87H3751 IBM Lenovo Board Arctic 186 Model Ii Isa Pci
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Texas Micro Radisys Single Board Computer SBC Backplane 11 ISA2 CPU3 PCI 31081
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IBM 06H9086 PCI ISA Riser Card PC350 750
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INTEL System Board Slot1 ISA 16 PCI dual cpu mpc 1102
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Compaq 006649 001 Backplane Riser PCI ISA TESTED
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Intel FW82371EB SL2MY PCI TO ISA IDE Chipset BGA
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AMD Athlon 850 slot CPU + SOYO K7VIA Motherboard 1 16 bit ISA 2 PCI 2 Serial
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PC ISA PCI Diagnostic Analyzer Debug 4 POST Card Probe
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Dell Optiplex GX1 5PCI 4 ISA Slot I O Interface Expansion Riser Card Board 7171E
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Dell Optiplex GX1 Win 98 And XP Pro Dual boot 4 ISA 5PCI
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New PC PCI ISA MB Diagnostic Card Analyzer Tester POST
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PC Post Card Tester ISA PCI Slot V32
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PC Desktop Motherboard PCI ISA Diagnostic Tester Card
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ITOX G4V620 B ATX 4 ISA 3 PCI 1 PCI EXPRESS SLOTS SOCKET 478 SYSTEM BOARD
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G559 POST 4 PC ISA PCI Diagnostic Card Analyzer Tester
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Motherboard Test Analyzer PCI ISA Card 4 Digit
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PCI ISA PC POST Analyzer Card w 4 LED Indicator Light
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Dell 82396 Riser Card Board 2 ISA 3PCI Slots
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Motorola FB WS 5614PSL 56K 94V High Speed Internal ISA Fax Modem Pci Card
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Advantech PCA 6166rev A1 Super 7 100 MHz FSB based PCI ISA bus
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SINGLE BOARD COMPUTER SBC 1GHZ DUAL P3 NO RAM PCI X ISA 92 005891 0X REV D 03
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Which two interface types make it possible to attach different external components to laptops and desktops.?

Which two interface types make it possible to attach different external components to laptops and desktops without powering the computer off? (Choose two.)

A. ExpressCard
B. FireWire
C. ISA
D. PCI
E. PCMCIA
F. USB

Firewire and USB

but theirs also HDMI connections, VGA connections, S-Video connections, and on older systems serial ports.

I think im missing one, but i cant remember off the top of my head

The Trend In Vintage Computers

Vintage Computer Add-in cards come in three basic flavors: 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit. These terms refer to the number of data bits the card sends out at one time. Ideally a 16-bit video card sends an image to the monitor in half the time it would take for an 8-bit version. It is important to know what kind of card your vintage computer accepts. The older PCs and XTs usually have an 8-bit or PC bus, which accepts the older PC bus, which accepts only the 8-bit cards. Vintage computers which are of more recent vintage use a PCI bus combined with ISA (Industry Standard Architecture).

The ISA bus was basically the original AT vintage computer bus. This expansion bus originated with the IBM PC at an 8-bit bandwidth. IBM improved on the design with the PC/AT raising the bandwidth to the 16-bit standard.

In addition to the ISA bus, there is typically an auxiliary bus such as the VL-bus or the even more recent and now accepted standard the PCI bus both were designed for video cards so that they could operate at faster speeds. The PCI bus as we know went on to become the industry standard all purpose bus. Another bus called EISA was going to become the industry standard but instead went on to have a life almost exclusively in the server realm.

What was the basis of the development of the PCI bus? When the Pentium chip was released Intel saw the need for a more general purpose local bus that would eventually supplant the ISA/EISA and VL-bus designs completely. So Intel invented the Personal Computer Interconnect bus now more commonly without the comprehension of the historical background - the PCI bus.

An important point to remember is that the EISA is backward compatible with 8-bit cards (8 bit cards fit into EISAand EISA slots) but MCA will not work with either of the other two standards. (Backward compatible means that the device works with all previous hardware technology, but will not necessarily work with newer configuration standards). In other words cards for an EISA bus computer the cards from an ISA bus computer will work in the EISA vintage computer. However if you try to use these cards in a newer IBM you are out of luck if you want to use your older cards.

Many video cards manufactured later were available in AT-ISA, PCI and VL bus. What would be considered newer more recent vintage computers were equipped with either a couple of VL slots and / or some PCI slots? If the vintage computer supports PCI bus this is a wise choice for performance and should be utilized if at all possible.

Vintage computer add-in cards can also be described in terms of length - 1/2 length, 3/4 length and full size cards. This along with less common XT height refers to the physical size of the cards. However the terms were rather arbitrary and there were no actual industry standards.

Basically what happened over the next time period for vintage computers there was a mixture of both the ISA and PCI buses on vintage computer motherboards until at some point the ISA standard eventually disappeared from view.

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