Operating instructions
Table Of Contents
- User's Manual
- Notice
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Using The Computer
- Chapter 3: Advanced Controls
- Overview
- Advanced Video Controls
- Display Devices
- Display Options
- Enabling Other Displays
- Power Management Features
- Enabling Power Management/Options
- Chapter 4: Drivers & Utilities
- Chapter 5: BIOS Utilities
- Chapter 6: Upgrading The Computer
- Chapter 7: Troubleshooting
- Appendix A. Specifications
- Glossary
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PCMCIA Card - A credit-card sized, removable module for porta-
ble computers standardized by PCMCIA. Also known as PC Cards,
they are 16-bit devices that are used to attach modems, network
adapters, sound cards, radio transceivers, solid-state disks and hard
disks to a portable computer. The PC Card is a “plug and play” de-
vice, which is configured automatically by the Card Services soft-
ware.
PCMCIA is an acronym for
Personal Computer Memory Card Inter-
national
Association which is an international standards body and
trade association that was founded to establish a standard for con-
necting peripherals to portable computers.
peripheral - Any external device attached to a computer, such as a
printer, disk drive, display monitor, etc.
Plug and Play - The ability to add a new component and have it
work without having to perform any technical analysis or procedure.
PnP - see Plug and Play.
POST (Power On Self Test) - A series of built-in diagnostics that are
performed when the computer is booted.