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			Dennis Moeller Born Apr 28 1950 Microcomputer System with Bus Control Means for Peripheral Processing Devices Peripherals Patent Number(s) 4,528,626 Inducted 1997 Dennis Moeller and Mark Dean together created a microcomputer system with bus control means for peripheral processing devices. The bus serves as the backbone of the computer by connecting its brain--the central processing unit--with its limbs, the keyboard, monitor, printer, as well as any other devices. Today, this technology is called the ----. Invention Impact The bus serves as the backbone of the computer by connecting its brain--the central processing unit--with its limbs, the keyboard, monitor, printer, as well as any other devices. Inventor Bio Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Moeller received his BS and his MS in Electrical Engineering at the University of Missouri in Columbia. In 1974 he began working for IBM on semi-conductor manufacturing. Four years later, he started working on the Series 1 mini-computer printer family, and from 1982 through 1984, he worked on the PCAT project team. Since 1984 he has worked on numerous PC-related research and development projects. Currently he is a senior technical staff member in the IBM Consumer Division which produces the Aptiva line of home computers. He holds 25 patents in PC system designs and PC printers.