ISA System Bus
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Combined Graph record U-03265 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-1359. Master record source: User-supplied article 2026-10-16 (UrbanGeekz) — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Industry Standard Architecture bus letting PCs connect printers, modems, and drives
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Industry Standard Architecture bus letting PCs connect printers, modems, and drives
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- Year: 1980s
- Work type: invention
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- Mark Dean — authored by
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- https://www.invent.org/inductees/mark-dean (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
NIHF Dean profile: Dean and Moeller's microcomputer system with bus control for peripheral processing devices, patented 1985, 'allowing the use of plug-in subsystems and peripherals like disk drives, video gear, speakers and scanners' — the ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) bus; UrbanGeekz confirms it let PCs connect printers, modems, monitors and drives. Stored decade '1980s' and note confirmed.
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