Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 01/17/45 11:49

On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 20:52:23 -0500, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> Gave us:

>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Channel_architecture#Why_MCA_was_not_widely_adopted
> "MCA disappeard within a few years after the introduction of PCI which
> provided very similar functionality."

Completely wrong. MCA was already dead by the time PCI came out, and
all of the ISA and EISA customers are the proof. NOBODY with any
brains was buying IBM PCs. Check their sales numbers to get a clue.

PCI came out long after that, and was NOT meant to be a competing
format. It was meant to be an entire new paradigm. Such that ANY bus
could be hung under it due to the way it was implemented. It was a
completely different animal, and none of the other existing busses at
the time ever stood a chance against it. You now see the result of
that FACT.

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