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Installing expansion cards – Apple Macintosh Performa 6400 Series User Manual

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Expansion cards are printed circuit boards that can be installed in your
computer to give it special features, such as enhanced video capabilities,
networking and communications capabilities, and additional processing
power. Your Macintosh has slots available for three different kinds of
expansion cards:

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two PCI (peripheral component interconnect) slots for 6.88-inch PCI cards
(such as a video-editing card)

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a communication slot for an internal modem or Ethernet card (you may
already have an internal modem installed in this slot)

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a video-in slot for a video input card that brings signals into the computer
from a videocassette recorder (VCR), laser disc player, video camera, or
similar device

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Installing Expansion Cards

Read this chapter for instructions

on installing expansion cards in

your computer

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