EISA, Wanna Buy a Vowel?
Originated in 1988 & 1989 by the “Gang of Nine” - AST, Compaq, Epson, HP, NEC, Olivetti, Tandy, Wyse & Zenith
Designed as alternative to microchannel
EISA connectors are a superset of ISA, so both EISA and ISA card will work in the same slot
Bus mastering, shared interrupts
32-bits, 8.3MHz, 31.8 Mbytes/sec