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Choosing slots for other peripheral devices
11lis section gives
the
traditional
SIOI
assignments for
common
peripherals Oike printers
and
modems),
Always
check
the
installation instructions
that
come
with
each
device
for
recommended
slots.
Slot 1
Put your printer interface
card
in slot I.
Slot 2
Put
your
modem
card
in
slot
2.
Slot
:3
Unless a device manual specifically instructs you
to
pUt
a
card
in
slot
3,
leave it empty. The
card
in the
AUX.
CONNECfOR slot
overrides
most
cuds
in slot 3.
Slot 4
Slot
<I
can take a mouse
or
a memory
expansion
card. When you
install a mouse, check
both
the
mouse
manual
and
the manuals for
the sofrware that work
with
the mouse. Some software recognizes a
mouse
only
when
the
mouse
is in a
panicular
slot.
If you intend to install a memory expansion card
and
use
software
written in Pascal,
put
your
memory
expansion
card
in
slOl
4.
Pascal
won't take advantage
of
the card's extra memory unless it
is
in slot
4,
5,
or
6.
Of
course, you can
put
the
memory
expansion
card
in
SIOI
5
or
6 if you haven't assigned a disk controller card
to
either
of
these
SIOlS,
Slots
5,
6,
and
7
As
you have seen, controller cards
C3.n
occupy
these slots.
But
with
lWO disk controller cards,
either
slot 5
or
slot 7 remai:lS
open.
You
can assign
a mouse to slot 5
or
7,
and
a co-processor
or
an
ApplcTalkT><
card to slot
7.
Again, consult your device manual(s) for
recommendations.
Slots
and
devices
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