https://gunkies.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Bus_request_lineBus request line - Revision history2026-10-07T21:17:27ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.9https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Bus_request_line&diff=36628&oldid=prevJnc: better word2025-07-28T06:24:10Z<p>better word</p>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Bus request lines''' are used in a number of [[bus]] architectures (for example, the [[UNIBUS]] and [[QBUS]]), for a [[device controller]] to communicate to the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] (or whatever circuitry is controlling the bus) that it is requesting an [[interrupt]] or [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] bus cycle.<br />
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The device controller does this by asserting the bus request line to the CPU, to notify it. Such lines are usually wired as [[wired-OR]] lines, to enable them to be used in [[broadcast]] mode.<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Non-Processor Request and Grant]] - UNIBUS DMA request and grant lines<br />
* [[DMA Request and Grant]] - QBUS DMA request and grant lines<br />
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