Micro Channel architecture, or the Micro Channel bus, is a proprietary 16- or 32-bit parallel computer bus publicly introduced by IBM in 1987 which was...
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attempts to replace the AT bus with its new and incompatible Micro Channel architecture. The 16-bit ISA bus was also used with 32-bit processors for several...
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Plug and play (section Micro-Channel Architecture)
PC known as the Personal System/2 line of computers using the Micro Channel Architecture. The PS/2 was capable of totally automatic self-configuration...
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IBM PS/2 (section Micro Channel architecture)
of the PC market by introducing the advanced yet proprietary Micro Channel architecture (MCA) on higher-end models. These models were in the strange position...
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vendors (the Gang of Nine) as an alternative to IBM's proprietary Micro Channel architecture (MCA) in its PS/2 series. In comparison with the AT bus, which...
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$840, respectively, in 2024). As with the 8514/A, XGA required a Micro Channel architecture bus at a time when ISA systems were standard, however due to more...
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used in microtechnology, see Microchannel (microtechnology). Micro Channel architecture in computing This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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the BBC Micro also from 1981, IBM's patented and proprietary Micro Channel architecture (MCA) from 1987 that never won favour in the clone market, the...
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$3600 and $750, respectively, in 2024). The 8514/A required a Micro Channel architecture bus at a time when ISA systems were standard. The 8514 was introduced...
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maturation of the Micro Channel architecture, as well as to explore better approaches to disseminating technical information about Micro Channel to third parties...
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The IBM PS/2 portables are Micro Channel architecture-based, portable PS/2 computers released by IBM in 1989. The P70 model was released in Japan as PS/55...
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introduction of the Micro Channel architecture (MCA), a proprietary bus standard designed by IBM to replace the aging Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) first...
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and 25 MHz (depending on the submodel) and features the 32-bit Micro Channel architecture (MCA) bus; the Model 70 486, released in December 1989, features...
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systems. While IBM did produce a viable successor to ISA with the Micro Channel Architecture offering a bandwidth of 66 MB/s, it failed in the market because...
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This is a list of computer systems based on the Micro Channel architecture that were not manufactured by IBM. Such third-party computers were also referred...
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the graphics pipeline from the Personal IRIS workstation to the Micro Channel architecture and consumer ISA buses of most modern PCs of the day. It has the...
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postulated scenario that a nuclear facility must be able to withstand Micro Channel architecture, a type of computer bus Mitsubishi MCA, an emissions control approach...
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the fields of digital electronics and computer hardware, multi-channel memory architecture is a technology that increases the data transfer rate between...
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vendors were nicknamed plug compatible manufacturers (PCMs). Micro Channel architecture, a commonly cited historical example of proprietary hardware Vendor...
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IBM PC compatible (redirect from PC architecture)
Micro Channel architecture (MCA) in its Personal System/2 (PS/2) series resulted in the establishment of the Extended Industry Standard Architecture bus...
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as a factory-floor machine, yet the PS/2's backplane bus structure, Micro Channel, appeared in a factory-floor computer before the PS/2 itself came on...
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product to feature the EISA bus, designed in reaction to IBM's MCA (Micro Channel Architecture) which was incompatible with the original AT bus. Although Compaq...
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Intel 286 (AT class) computer with 1MB of RAM, as well as on Micro Channel architecture systems. VGA-Copy/386 versions 6.x improved performance on modern...
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version of IBM's RS/6000 platform, which was adapted from existing Micro Channel architecture models, and changed only to support the new 60x bus style of the...
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IN, TAPE OUT and METRONOME OUT). MPU-IMC: for the IBM PS/2's Micro Channel architecture bus. In earlier models both I/O address and IRQ were hardcoded...
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MCAS[broken anchor]—Microsoft Certified Application Specialist MCA—Micro Channel Architecture MCA—Microsoft Certified Architect MCDBA—Microsoft Certified DataBase...
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their 16-bit ISA expansion cards and switch to the proprietary Micro Channel architecture, or settle for a clone if they wanted to upgrade their machine...
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September 28, 2021 – via Ardent Tool. Bowlds, Pat A. (1991). Micro Channel Architecture: Revolution in Personal Computing. Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp. 338–339...
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the System 3000 range utilised IBM's Micro Channel architecture rather than the more prevalent ISA architecture, and utilised SCSI peripherals as well...
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transferred to NCR San Diego in the midst of developing a Micro Channel architecture based four channel SCSI adapter based on a custom ASIC. This host bus adapter...
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