Chapter 5 - Support for Input/Output Devices

OBJECTIVES:

Upon completing this chapter you will be able to perform tasks relating to:

INTRODUCTION

This chapter focuses on identifying I/O devices and bus connections.

io connections

CONNECTORS

Listed below are I/O cards.

8-bit card 8-bit ISA bus connection - it is an 8-bit industry standard architecture bus used on the orginal 8088 computers.

16-bit card 16 - bit ISA bus connection - it is a 16-bit ISA bus designed for the 186 AT and is still used in Pentiums for modems.

mcirochannel Architecture card Microchannel Architecture (MCA) bus - this was the earlier 32-bit design by IBM, used in the PS/2 computers.

Extended Industry Standard Architecture EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture) bus - was designed to compete with the MCA bus.

VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association) bus - was a local bus used on 80486 compuer for connecting 32 bit adapters.

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