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On 17 Feb 99, at 18:22, Vincent Young wrote:
> I'm attempting to install a 56k modem on 486\dx4 100mhz cpu,33mhz bus
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> the modem card doesn't use entire isa slot 12/16
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> Can anyone explain why this would occur??
I'm not sure what you mean by "12/16", but most ISA slots consist of
TWO connectors, one about 4" long and a second one about 2" long.
The original IBM PC provided only the 4" connector, and supported
only transfers of 8 bits at a time. The PC/AT added the second
connector so it could transfer 16 bits at a time. [Although the
number of data lines was increased, there was no need to duplicate the
various bus "control" lines.]
You may still encounter some devices which only transfer 8 bits at a
time, and so only use the 4" connector. [Up into the 486 era, one
could find boards on which one or two of the ISA slots had only this
single connector....] Few modems support 16-bit transfers, so they're
a common candidate for this simplification.
David G
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