NuBus

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NuBus is a 32-bit, processor-independent expansion bus standard widely used in late-1980s and early-1990s workstations and personal computers, including many Apple Macintosh systems.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of NuBus (NuBus is a 32-bit, processor-independent expansion bus standard widely used in late-1980s and early-1990s workstations and personal computers, including many Apple Macintosh systems.)

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
NuBus canonical 14
NuBus expansion bus 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf computer bus standard ⓘ
expansion bus ⓘ
addressSpaceWidth 32-bit ⓘ
bitWidth 32-bit ⓘ
connectorType 96-pin Eurocard-style connector ⓘ
dataPathWidth 32-bit ⓘ
hasIEEEStandardNumber IEEE 1196 ⓘ
influenced later plug-and-play bus designs ⓘ
isEndiannessAgnostic true ⓘ
isProcessorIndependent true ⓘ
isSelfConfiguring true ⓘ
maximumTheoreticalBandwidth about 40 MB/s at 20 MHz ⓘ
standardizedBy IEEE ⓘ
supportsAutoConfiguration true ⓘ
supportsBigEndianSystems true ⓘ
supportsBusMastering true ⓘ
supportsBusSpeed 10 MHz ⓘ
20 MHz ⓘ
supportsByteAddressing true ⓘ
supportsLittleEndianSystems true ⓘ
supportsMultipleBusMasters true ⓘ
supportsPlugAndPlayLikeConfiguration true ⓘ
uses asynchronous bus protocol ⓘ
memory-mapped I/O addressing ⓘ
wasAdoptedBy Apple Computer ⓘ
linked to: Apple Inc.

NeXT ⓘ
linked to: NeXT Inc.

Symbolics ⓘ
Texas Instruments ⓘ
wasDevelopedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
wasDevelopedForProject NuMachine ⓘ
wasEventuallySupersededBy PCI ⓘ
linked to: PCI Express
wasInitiallyDesignedBy Gordon Bell ⓘ
Howard W. Johnson ⓘ
Wesley A. Clark ⓘ
wasPopularInDecade 1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
wasStandardizedInYear 1987 ⓘ
wasUsedIn Apollo/HP workstations ⓘ
Apple Macintosh Centris 650 ⓘ
Apple Macintosh II ⓘ
linked to: Macintosh II

Apple Macintosh IIci ⓘ
linked to: Macintosh II

Apple Macintosh IIcx ⓘ
linked to: Macintosh II

Apple Macintosh IIfx ⓘ
linked to: Macintosh II

Apple Macintosh IIx ⓘ
linked to: Macintosh II

Apple Macintosh Quadra series ⓘ
linked to: Macintosh Quadra

Apple Macintosh Workgroup Server models ⓘ
NeXTcube ⓘ
NeXTstation Turbo Color ⓘ
linked to: NeXTstation

Symbolics 3600-series workstations ⓘ
Texas Instruments Explorer II ⓘ
wasWidelyUsedIn personal computers ⓘ
workstations ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Macintosh II series → bus → NuBus ⓘ
LC Processor Direct Slot → replacedBy → NuBus ⓘ
Macintosh Quadra → busType → NuBus ⓘ
IEEE 1196 → standardizes → NuBus ⓘ
IEEE 1196 → relatedTo → NuBus ⓘ
NuMachine → pioneered → NuBus ⓘ
NuMachine → hasPart → NuBus expansion bus ⓘ
linked to: NuBus
Macintosh IIfx → busType → NuBus ⓘ