Hardware Documentation - Busses
Listed here are just some of the busses that NetBSD users and hackers might find interesting. If a listed bus doesn't have a link, that means we don't currently have any interesting material on the subject. If you find a link that could be handy, please let us know!
ADB - Apple Desktop Bus
ATA - AT Attachment (evolution of ISA/IDE)
DEBI - Main interface card bus on Acorn RiscPC and similar machines.
EISA - Extended Industry Standard Architecture
HP-IB - Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus
I²C - Philips I²C
IEEE1394 - Firewire, i.Link
ISA - Industry Standard Architecture
Maple Bus - Connects SEGA Dreamcast to controllers, memory cards, and other peripherals
Massbus - DEC, used in VAX 700 series machines
MCA - MicroChannel Architecture
NuBus - Apple's NuBus
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
PDS - Apple's 'Processor-Direct Slot'
Q-bus - Used in PDP, VAX, and some DECstation boxes
SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
Sbus - Sun Sbus
SDI - Standard Drive Interconnect
TurboChannel - DEC, used in VAXstations, DECstations, and Alphas
Unibus - DEC, used in VAX 700 series machines
USB - Universal Serial Bus
VAXBI - DEC, used in VAX 6000 and 8000 series
VL-Bus - VESA Local Bus (evolution of ISA, initially for faster video)
VME - VMEbus
XMI - DEC, used in VAX 6000, 7000, 9000, and 10000 series
Zorro - Commodore's Amiga bus