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
• 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.

Home Page

Documentation top level