Cyrix200+ wrote:
I agree, I love the hacks. VLB was never supposed to be a long-term solution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_Local_Bus#Limitations
I think it all comes down to the wide adoptation of VLB, that makes it a favorite choice for a retro rig. Not that it was any better than others, there are just more options avaliable compared to MCA or other local bus solutions. And why it is so much cheaper than other technologies. Well... Not that it is cheap as such these days, because the market is drying up now. Still... It is the cheapest to get of all local busses, even today. 😀
I won't recommend VLB, unless you have a specific need for it to be VLB. You know... Nostalgia or software that specifically run better on a pure VLB system. Or perhaps you have a pure ISA system, a pure PCI+ISA system and need something to fill the gap in a collection, that fits right in the middle and between those two bus types.
EDIT:
A good VLB system would be something like an AMD 486dx2-80, 16mb Ram, S3-VLB, Audician32/SB16 and a Goldstar-VLB-Controller.
The classic would be an Intel 486dx2-66, 8mb Ram and a CL-5428 instead of the above. Both are good setup's none the less.
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