Intel Says Farewell To PCI Bus

Intel Says Farewell To PCI Bus 415

Posted by timothy on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @02:30PM from the ok-fine-I-get-it-my-computer-is-old dept.

KingofGnG writes with this snippet from Sir Arthur's Den, which will make my desktop computer sad: "Soon another technology that in past years dominated the always changing universe of computer hardware will bite the dust. That's the decision by Intel, the merciless executioner of standards that the company itself imposes on the market. In upcoming months it will end official support for the PCI bus. Developed by the chipmaker in 1993, the PCI Local Bus standard was implemented on all motherboards for x86 and compatible platforms until 2004, the year it passed the baton to the younger and faster PCI Express technology."

Intel Says Farewell To PCI Bus

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Now What? (Score:5, Funny)

by stewbacca ( 1033764 ) writes: on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @02:31PM (#32668184)

Now what am I supposed to do with my Voodoo II video card?

Re:Now What? (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @02:32PM (#32668208)

Sell it to Amiga user.

Re:You already have better (Score:1, Funny)

by boneclinkz ( 1284458 ) writes: on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @02:37PM (#32668256)

Voodoo3 was the one that was 27 inches long and required an external AC power source, right?

I'm just getting used to this new fangled AGP.... (Score:5, Funny)

by LazLong ( 757 ) writes: on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @02:44PM (#32668364)

I'm just getting used to these new fangled AGP cards and their single connectors. I feel so much more secure with the dual connectors of my VLB cards....Maybe if I saw the boards in half they'll work in my new PCI-based motherboards. What do think? They fit, but all I get is sparks and a strange smoking smell....

Re:You already have better (Score:3, Funny)

by PerfectionLost ( 1004287 ) writes: <ben@noSPaM.perfectresolution.com> on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @03:08PM (#32668692)

I thought he was talking about a vibrator.

Re:ok... (Score:3, Funny)

by GuruBuckaroo ( 833982 ) writes: on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @03:10PM (#32668718) Homepage

I'll stick with my Thicknet [wikipedia.org], thank you very much. Transceivers and vampire taps FTW!

Re:ok... (Score:3, Funny)

by yuhong ( 1378501 ) writes: <yuhongbao_386 AT hotmail DOT com> on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @03:21PM (#32668978) Homepage

Yea, there is a reason why AUI and AAUI was created.

Re:And to think, if we just bought 68K machines (Score:4, Funny)

by Bobfrankly1 ( 1043848 ) writes: on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @03:23PM (#32669012)

Number of buses that have been killed off during the years is considerable:
And yet, the short bus isn't killed off, and it continues to grow it's user base.

Re:Hell, you can still find new ISA motherboards.. (Score:4, Funny)

by fuzzyfuzzyfungus ( 1223518 ) writes: on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @03:24PM (#32669036) Journal

Freaky. I wonder if the manufacturer provides driver support for Windows for Workgroups and OS/2 warp...

Re:And to think, if we just bought 68K machines (Score:5, Funny)

by twmcneil ( 942300 ) writes: on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @03:39PM (#32669352)

Micro Channel wasn't killed, it committed suicide.

Re:It is voodoo after all... (Score:3, Funny)

by Vectormatic ( 1759674 ) writes: on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @04:23PM (#32670140)

i think intel prefers binary...

Re:Now What? (Score:5, Funny)

by macson_g ( 1551397 ) writes: on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @04:57PM (#32670710)

Just transfer all the data to a microSD card.

Re:ok... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @05:49PM (#32671348)

And some of us use Macs to do real work
Citation needed.

Re:Hell, you can still find new ISA motherboards.. (Score:2, Funny)

by LeonPierre ( 305002 ) writes: on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @11:39PM (#32673502)

You mean the Bitchin' Fast! 3D 2000, the only card with 5 of the hottest 3D chipsets.
http://www.planetdognine.com/features/humor/files/bfast.jpg [planetdognine.com]

Re:Now What? (Score:3, Funny)

by Carewolf ( 581105 ) writes: on Thursday June 24, 2010 @04:01AM (#32674882) Homepage

Even better transfer all the data to two microSD card. Then we just need a microSD to SD envelope that takes two cards and run them as RAID :rock:

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Now What? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Now What? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:You already have better (Score:1, Funny)

I'm just getting used to this new fangled AGP.... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:You already have better (Score:3, Funny)

Re:ok... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:ok... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:And to think, if we just bought 68K machines (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Hell, you can still find new ISA motherboards.. (Score:4, Funny)

Re:And to think, if we just bought 68K machines (Score:5, Funny)

Re:It is voodoo after all... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Now What? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:ok... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Hell, you can still find new ISA motherboards.. (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Now What? (Score:3, Funny)

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