Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) is a bus standard for [IBM compatibles]? that extends the XT? bus architecture to 16 bits. It also allows for [bus mastering]? although only the first 16 MB of main memory is available for direct access. In reference to the XT bus architecture it is sometimes referred to as "AT bus architecture". |
Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) is a bus standard for [IBM compatibles]? that extends the XT? bus architecture to 16 bits. It is designed to connect peripheral cards to the motherboard. The protocols also allows for [bus mastering]? although only the first 16 MB of main memory is available for direct access. In reference to the XT bus architecture it is sometimes referred to as "AT bus architecture". |
*Extended Industry Standard Architecture *Micro Channel Architecture *Peripheral Component Interconnect *XT bus architecture |
*Extended Industry Standard Architecture (which is a compatible extension) *Micro Channel Architecture (which was IBM's failed attempt at introducing an incompatible but improved bus) *Peripheral Component Interconnect (a popular incompatible improved bus) *XT bus architecture (the predecessor) |
Article based on [Industry Standard Architecture] at [FOLDOC]. |
Article based on [Industry Standard Architecture] at [FOLDOC], used with permission. |
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