IBM NetVista X40, User Manual

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USB connectors: There are two USB connectors on the rear of the computer for
attaching USB compatible devices, see “I/O connector locations” on page 71 for the
location of the USB connectors.
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Audio connectors
The audio connectors are used to connect external audio equipment to your
computer, see “I/O connector locations” on page 71 for the location of these
connectors.
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out
Line
in
Mic
Line out: This connector is used to send audio signals from the computer to
external devices, such as powered speakers with built-in amplifiers, headphones,
multimedia keyboards, or the audio Line in connector on a stereo system.
Line in: This connector is used to accept audio signals from external devices, such
as line output from a stereo, television, or musical instrument into the computer
sound system.
Mic: This connector is used to connect a microphone to your computer when you
want to record voice or other sounds on the hard disk drive. It can also be used by
speech recognition software.
MIDI connector
The musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) connector allows your computer to
interact with musical instruments and other musical equipment. You might use the
MIDI connector as an interface between your computer and a synthesizer to edit
and store sound information for the synthesizer on the computer. See “I/O
connector locations” on page 71 for the location of the MIDI connector.
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Video connector
Your computer uses an AGP adapter located in the AGP slot on the system board.
There is a 15-pin analog video connector located on the rear of your computer. See
“I/O connector locations” on page 71 for the location of this connector.
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Ultra160 SCSI connector (some models)
Some IntelliStation E Pro computer models come with a SCSI adapter, which
supports an Ultra160/MB SCSI internal channel in a full-featured PCI
2.1-/2.2-compliant bus master package. This configuration supports a zero wait
Chapter 5. Installing options
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