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人们可以原谅IBM,原谅它的Mi-cro Channel结构,原谅它的PCjr。因为只有这些才能使它的桌上机部门有机会学到一些东西。现在IBM的新产品Value Point 100 DX4/DP说明了,IBM终于学会了如何去满足消费者的需要。 ValuePoint 100 DX4/DP不同于其竞争对手,在于IBM解决了PCI对VL-Bus不易调和的矛盾。在母板仍基于VESA的VL-Bus下,IBM用一种聪明的方法,解决了也能支持PCI的问题,它使用了可以插入添加卡的可交换底板。 可交换底板的VL版本增加了一个VL-Bus槽和4个ISA槽。PCI版的底板有可容纳两个PCI卡和两个ISA卡的空间。
People can forgive IBM, forgive its Mi-cro Channel structure and forgive its PCjr. Because only these can make it a desktop machine department have the opportunity to learn something. Now IBM’s new Value Point 100 DX4 / DP product shows that IBM finally learned how to meet consumer needs. The ValuePoint 100 DX4 / DP is different from its competitors in that IBM addresses the inconsistency between PCI and VL-Bus. With motherboards still VESA-based VL-Bus, IBM solved the PCI-capable issue in a clever way, using an interchangeable backplane that inserts add-in cards. The VL version of the switchable backplane adds one VL-Bus slot and four ISA slots. The PCI version’s backplane has room for two PCI cards and two ISA cards.