Article: Still no winners and losers in bus wars. (VL-Bus and PCI Bus) (The Boardwalk) (Column)

Article: PCI local bus gathers momentum. (the Peripheral Component ...
EDN;  February 3, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... implementations), the PCI bus smashes the I/O bottleneck ... traditional expansion buses. So does the VESA local (VL) bus, for that matter ... to implement the PCI bus and PCI-compliant ... between the PCI and VL buses in much like the race ...

Article: PC system architecture gets a revamp; but industry poised to ...
Computer Shopper;  October 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... or 486 processor buses and specifying a ... and pinout. Soon, VL-Bus systems will begin ... differentiated product. The VL-Bus design follows the 386 and 486 buses closely, making ... chips to support VL-Bus. The focus of the ...

Article: WEITEK ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR VESA VL LOCAL BUS ...
PR Newswire;  September 14, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... INTERFACE CONTROLLER TAKES ADVANTAGE OF VL-BUS SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire ... Standards Association (VESA). The VL-Bus standard addresses demand for greater ... graphical user interfaces (GUIs). The VL-Bus takes full advantage of high-performance ...

Article: Gecco's VL-66E provides three-way bus combination. ...
Computer Shopper;  February 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ...ISA bus? EISA bus? VESA-VL bus? Which one do you want? If you are tempted to say all three, consider the $3,295 Gecco VL-66E system. The three-buses-in-one system performed reasonably well, but not outstandingly ...

Article: Bypass the PC bus to speed up your system. ...
EDN;  February 18, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... In December 1991, VESA formed the VL-Bus committee to standardize the interface ... representatives from 15 member companies, the VL-Bus committee now includes more than 120 ... In June 1992, VESA announced the VL-Bus at PC Expo, and the committee spent ...

Article: Insight's 486DX2/66 VL-Bus bundle: fast path to ...
Computer Shopper;  June 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ...BENCHMARKS Insight 486DX2/66 VL-Bus Multimedia Insight's VL-Bus system is well-optimized for presenting the sights ... bargain. Insight Benchmark 486DX2/66 System: VL-Bus Multimedia Dell 450/M ZD LABS PC BENCH 7.01 ...

Article: VL-bus enters the valley of the PCI shadow; Pentium ...
Computer Shopper;  October 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... of the VESA local-bus standard insist that reports of VL-Bus' (VLB's) death ... developing products for both buses remain steadfast about ... VLB is a terrific bus ... and for average ... everyone keeps saying that VL will magically die by ...