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APRICOT LS/VS340 OWNER’S HANDBOOK 6/1
6 ADDING EXPANSION CARDS
Expansion cards (also known as expansion boards or adapter cards )
are small self-contained circuit boards which extend the capabilities
of the computer. For example, a graphics card could provide more
specialised video functions than those offered by the on-board video
system, or a modem card could provide a connection to the Internet
via a telephone line.
Your computer can accept two basic types of expansion card:
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ISA or Industry Standard Architecture cards
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PCI or Peripheral Component Interconnect cards
You don’t need to understand what these terms mean, but before
adding a card to your computer you will need to know whether it is
ISA or PCI and possibly its physical dimensions. Inside your
computer are three slots for fitting expansion cards: upper, middle
and lower (see table on next page). If your computer has a Small
Computer Systems Interface (SCSI) removable-media drive, one of
these slots will already be occupied by an SCSI adapter card.