Micro Channel Architectures (MCA): IBM's new bus that carries information in 32-bit packets.

Micro Channel Architectures (MCA):
IBM's new bus that carries information in 32-bit packets. The first
bus developed solely by lawyers, it is considered copy-proof (the
theory being that no one would want anything created by lawyers). The
bus is actually 48 bits wide, but the lawyers take 1/3 of anything
they work on. A not-so-subtle attemt to limit the market to IBM.

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