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The backplane of the motherboard has the following I/O ports:
PS/2 Mouse
Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing
device.
PS/2 Keyboard
Use the lower PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 keyboard.
LPT1
Use LPT1 to connect printers or other parallel communi-
cations devices.
COM1
Use the COM ports to connect serial devices such as
mice or fax/modems. COM1 is identified by the system
as COM1/3.
VGA
Connect a monitor to the VGA port.
Audio Ports Use the three audio ports to connect audio devices. The
first jack is for stereo line-in signal. The second jack is
for stereo line-out signal. The third jack is for micro-
phone.
LAN Port Connect an RJ-45 jack to the LAN port to connect your
computer to the Network.
USB Ports
Use the USB ports to connect USB devices.
This concludes Chapter 2. The next chapter covers the BIOS.