vl-bus cards work in isa slots?
Will vl-bus cards work in isa slots?
Adaptec 2842A SCSI card and an Diamond Stealth VRAM card designed for vl-bus don't seem to work in isa slots.
David
Adaptec 2842A SCSI card and an Diamond Stealth VRAM card designed for vl-bus don't seem to work in isa slots.
David
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Definitely not as the others have stated....you need a VLB slot. VLB slots are not easy to come by. Good luck!
I have quite a few VLB mobos. They are basically useless since the technology is so old. It is also a bit hard to find CPUs to use on them.
Now that I think of it... I did once have an ISA bus IDE controller that had an optional socket on the end to add on a VESA extender module. So there were a RARE few cards that can go in either type socket.
A long shot, but you can look on the card for a jumper with a label indicating ISA or VESA.
A long shot, but you can look on the card for a jumper with a label indicating ISA or VESA.
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thank you all
That is sort of like one computer that I worked on. I plugged everything in properly but was unable to get any sound out of it. When I opened the computer, the user had put the PCI sound card in but not bothered to plug in into a PCI slot. The actual connectors were sitting to the left of an ISA slot, even, just hanging in mid air. I guess that one was supposed to be a wireless sound card!!