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Expansion with Adapters, High-Capacity Hard Disk Drives, CD-ROM Drive, ECP/EPP Parallel Port

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Expansion with Adapters By installing optional adapters, you can expand the capabilities of your computer and take advantage of a variety of peripheral devices and applications. Your computer has a riser card for connecting adapters to the ISA or PCI bus. Examples of adapters that can be added to your computer include graphics, SCSI (small computer system interface), and NIC (network interface controller) adapters. High-Capacity Hard Disk Drives Some PC models come with a hard disk drive that has an enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE) bus-master interface. The EIDE drive plugs into one of two EIDE connectors located on the riser card in your computer. You can connect an additional hard disk drive to the ribbon cable already attached to the riser card, or you can purchase another cable and connect up to two hard disk drives or other IDE or EIDE devices to the second connector on the riser card. Note: For models with an IBM factory-installed CD-ROM, two ribbon cables (for connecting IDE or EIDE devices) are shipped with your computer. Other PC models come with an ultra-wide SCSI hard disk drive that has a small computer system interface (SCSI) interface. These PC models have a PCI SCSI adapter installed in one of the expansion slots. If your computer has an IBM-preinstalled SCSI adapter, refer to the SCSI documentation provided with your computer for information on the adapter and for instructions on installing SCSI devices. CD-ROM Drive A CD-ROM drive is installed in some PC models. CD-ROM (compact disc read-only memory) technology offers quick access to enormous amounts of information. A compact disc can store more than 650 MB of data, such as the large files needed for audio, still and full-motion video, and still and animated graphics. A CD-ROM drive can play back or read from a CD, but it cannot write information on it. ECP/EPP Parallel Port Your PC has one 25-pin parallel port. The parallel port is most often used to communicate with a parallel printer, but it can also be used with other parallel devices. The parallel port can operate in several different modes. The default mode for your computer is SPP (standard parallel port). However, your computer also supports Chapter 1. Your IBM Personal Computer 3

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Expansion with Adapters
By installing optional adapters, you can expand the capabilities of your computer
and take advantage of a variety of peripheral devices and applications.
Your
computer has a riser card for connecting adapters to the ISA or PCI bus.
Examples
of adapters that can be added to your computer include graphics, SCSI (small
computer system interface), and NIC (network interface controller) adapters.
High-Capacity Hard Disk Drives
Some PC models come with a hard disk drive that has an enhanced integrated drive
electronics (EIDE) bus-master interface.
The EIDE drive plugs into one of two EIDE
connectors located on the riser card in your computer.
You can connect an
additional hard disk drive to the ribbon cable already attached to the riser card, or
you can purchase another cable and connect up to two hard disk drives or other
IDE or EIDE devices to the second connector on the riser card.
Note:
For models with an IBM factory-installed CD-ROM, two ribbon cables (for
connecting IDE or EIDE devices) are shipped with your computer.
Other PC models come with an ultra-wide SCSI hard disk drive that has a small
computer system interface (SCSI) interface.
These PC models have a PCI SCSI
adapter installed in one of the expansion slots.
If your computer has an
IBM-preinstalled SCSI adapter, refer to the SCSI documentation provided with your
computer for information on the adapter and for instructions on installing SCSI
devices.
CD-ROM Drive
A CD-ROM drive is installed in some PC models.
CD-ROM (compact disc
read-only memory) technology offers quick access to enormous amounts of
information.
A compact disc can store more than 650 MB of data, such as the large
files needed for audio, still and full-motion video, and still and animated graphics.
A CD-ROM drive can play back or read from a CD, but it cannot write information
on it.
ECP/EPP Parallel Port
Your PC has one 25-pin parallel port.
The parallel port is most often used to
communicate with a parallel printer, but it can also be used with other parallel
devices.
The parallel port can operate in several different modes.
The default mode for your
computer is SPP (standard parallel port).
However, your computer also supports
Chapter 1.
Your IBM Personal Computer
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