3: Fitting Hardware Options
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Adapter Cards
You can enhance the capabilities of your computer by inserting
adapter cards into the bus expansion slots. 16-bit ISA (Industry
Standard Architecture) cards or PCI local bus cards (full-size or
half-size) can be fitted in the computer using the expansion slots.
The positioning of the adapter cards may vary so refer to the
expansion label for identification of the various adapter cards. The
positioning of the adapter cards do not affect the general
procedures given in this chapter but you may have to rearrange
them in order to fit a new adapter card.
You can remove adapter cards and refit them into any other similar
slots. The position of some adapter cards may be affected by the
length of the adapter card, route of cables attached to them or
whether they require a specific type of slot; e.g. ISA or PCI or
perhaps a bus master slot.
(If you have an older ISA card it may be only 8-bit and therefore
only fits into half of the ISA slot).
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