Technical information

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PREFACE
DOS disk operating system
DRAM dynamic RAM
EGA Enhanced GRaphics Adapter
EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture
FIFO first in, first out
GND ground
IC integrated circuit
I/O input and output
ISA Industry Standard Architecture
Mac OS Macintosh Operating System
MDA Monochrome Display Adapter
n.c. no connection
NMI nonmaskable interrupt
PC personal computer
PDS processor-direct slot
PGA pin grid array
PPC PowerPC
PRAM parameter random-access memory
RAM random-access memory
RAS row address strobe
RGB red-green-blue, a video signal format with separate red, green,
and blue color components
ROM read-only memory
SCSI Small Computer System Interface
SIMM Single Inline Memory Module
SVGA super video graphics adapter
TCP/IP Transport Control Protocol/Interface Program
UART universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter
VGA video graphics adapter