Although some 80 companies have now declared their support, the specifications for the proposed 32-bit EISA bus for MS-DOS and OS/2 micros (CI No 1,014) will be laid down by unanimous agreement of the nine companies that came together in New York on Tuesday to outline their plans: the nine are AST Research Inc, Compaq Computer Corp, Epson America, Hewlett-Packard Co, NEC Corp, Ing C Olivetti SpA, Tandy Corp, Wyse Technology and Zenith Data Systems; licensing will be handled by a law firm and those wanting to use the bus or make chips for it will pay a $2,500 administrative fee to the lawyers.
