From: korenek@nmti.com (gary korenek) Subject: Re: HINT 486 VLB/ISA/EISA motherboard Keywords: 486, motherboard Organization: Network Management Technology Inc. Distribution: usa Lines: 26 In article schauf@iastate.edu (Brian J Schaufenbuel) writes: >I am looking at buying some Companion brand VLB/ISA/EISA motherboards with >HINT chipsets. Has anybody had any experience with this board (good or bad)? >Any information would be helpful! >thanks >Brian J Schaufenbuel I believe that any VL/EISA/ISA motherboard that uses the HINT chipset is limited to 24-bit EISA DMA (where 'real' EISA DMA is 32-bit). The HINT EISA DMA has the 16 mb ram addressing limitation of ISA. For this reason I would pass. I own one of these (HAWK VL/EISA/ISA) and am look- ing to replace it for exactly this reason. Please double-check me on this. In other words, call the motherboard manufacturer and ask them if the motherboard supports true 32-bit EISA DMA. Other than this limitation, the motherboard works quite well (I am using mine with DOS 5, Windows 3.1, and UNIX S5R3.2). Also with Adaptec 1742a EISA SCSI host adapter. -- Gary Korenek (korenek@nmti.com) Network Management Technology Incorporated Sugar Land, Texas (713) 274-5357