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#PCI

    28-Apr-95 21:45:56
Sb: #194740-#PCI
Fm: Steve Ahlstrom 76703,2006
To: Alex Baker 75606,563
>> Wonder if Apple's PCI will be better than Intel's You don't get it — maybe Andy Carroll should jump into this thread. There is no "Apple's PCI" or "Intel's" PCI. Intel came up with PCI (v1.0). It died (a LONG time ago). The idea was basically sound but had some serious flaws. A group of hardware manufacturers got together (including Intel, IBM, Apple) and designed PCI v2.0. PCI v2.0 machines are shipping now. The bus is very fast (20MB+ per second). Apple will start shipping their PCI slot machines on June 19th when they ship the first of the 604 based PowerSurge machines.