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Older Bus Types

While most of the attention today is given to the current local bus standard, PCI, and the new AGP port that is likely to become the next standard interface for video, these have evolved from a series of older buses that you will still find in service today on older PCs. The oldest one, ISA, is in fact still used even on the newest PCs! This section takes a look at these older bus types in some detail.

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