What are the pitfalls of different busses: PCI/ISA/EISA?
Read the merits of running Solaris x86. But the worst sin is running UNIX on an ISA bus with disk controllers such as the Adaptec 1542 series. They’re cheap but if you have more that 16 MB of memory in your system you shouldn’t be running an ISA disk controller. Typically you’re going to see better performance from the PCI or EISA bus. PCI is the biggest winner. VLB and MCA are supported, but largely obsolete. [From Bob Palowoda’s Solaris 2.
