[rescue] Vesa Local Bus video cards

[Kevin Loch]

Kevin wrote:
> I paid like $350 for a 2meg VLB Diamond Viper, but that was
> probably much later than you guys are referring to. 
> Probably around August/September 1993. Still have that card
> working in my 66.
> 
> Wasn't VLB faster in some tests than the first gen PCI stuff
> was?
> 

Yes, VLB could run at 40MHz (on a dx2-80 or 120)
but pci maxed out at 33MHz.  VLB also
probably had lower latency since there was
no controller interface?

KL