VLB - VESA local bus - was a 32-bit bus system used on 486s mainly for
video cards and I/O cards for faster access to IDE hard drives.  The
part of these slots near the back of the computer looked exactly like
the normal 16-bit card slot but they had an additional set of pins in a
separate, smaller slot further toward the front of the computer.  VLB
cards were very long compared to any other cards.  I don't believe any
Pentium motherboards ever supported VLB cards.

----- Original Message -----
From: Travis Neal <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] VLB motherboard


> will someone please explain what a VLB motherboard is?

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