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Super Voyager VLB-III ISA Motherboard User's Guide
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Chapter 1
System Overview
The Super Voyager VLB-III is an ISA 486 motherboard with two VESA® (Video Electronics Standards
Association) VL-Bus® Local Bus expansion slots and seven standard ISA expansion slots. The Super
Voyager VLB-III motherboard supports the EPA Green PC power management specification and provides
an easy-to-use BIOS utility.
The VL-Bus Local Bus
The American Megatrends Super Voyager VLB-III Motherboard conforms to the VESA VL-Bus
specifications. The VL-Bus is designed to standardize the hardware interface of peripherals connected to a
microprocessor-level local bus. The VL-Bus is designed to be compatible with the Intel® i486
microprocessor local bus. The VL-Bus Specification is a standard set of interface, architecture, timings,
electrical, and physical specifications that permits all VL-Bus products to be totally interchangeable.
The Super Voyager VLB-III motherboard has two VL-Bus expansion slots. These expansion slots consist of
a standard ISA 16-bit connector and an inline 16-bit MCA expansion socket.