Digital Equipment DIGITAL Personal Workstation, Upgrade Manual

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Conventions
This guide uses the following conventions:
Example Description
c:\windows Monospaced text indicates file names, path names, directories, or screen
text. Each operating system has its own specific syntax.
[Enter] Square brackets surrounding text represent a key on the keyboard.
[Ctrl]+[R] A plus sign indicates that you press both the keys shown at the same
time.
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A pointing hand indicates a reference to additional information.
Abbreviations
This guide uses the following abbreviations:
Abbreviation Meaning
CD Compact disc.
CD-ROM Compact disc read-only memory.
CPU Central processing unit.
DIMM Dual inline memory module.
DMA Direct memory access.
DRAM Dynamic random access memory.
DROM Diagnostic read only memory.
EIDE Enhanced integrated drive electronics.
FDC Floppy disk controller.
flashROM Electrically erasable, rewriteable, nonvolatile memory.
GB A GB suffix to a numerical value indicates size in gigabytes (for
example, 1 GB). A gigabyte equals 1,073,741,824 bytes.
IRQ Interrupt request.
ISA Industry-standard architecture.