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NuBus

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A 32-bit bus architecture originally developed at MIT and defined as a Eurocard (9U). Apple Computer used NuBus throughout its Macintosh II series, adapting its electrical and physical specs for peripheral expansion slots. Also utilized by Texas Instruments and NeXT Computer, NuBus didn't capture wide appeal. When Apple changed to PCI in the mid-1990s, NuBus all but disappeared. See PCI.

The NuBus Card
The plugs on NuBus cards used pins rather than the edge connectors found on ISA and PCI cards.


NuBus - The proprietary expansion bus used on Apple Macintosh personal computers.

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The new driver also offers USB connectivity, using a USB-to-parallel cable, as well as supporting older systems with Nubus or PCI Parallel cards.
He led an IEEE standards effort to codify the Nubus and was instrumental in persuading Apple Computers to use the Nubus as the backbone of their first "open" Macintosh.
an ISDN GeoPort telecommunications adapter; NuBus and PCI versions of its Planet ISDN cards; and the Meet-Me Macintosh videoconferencing system.
 
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