Specifications

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PREFACE
IR infrared
LS TTL low-power Schottky TTL (a standard type of device)
MMU memory management unit
MOS metal-oxide semiconductor
NTSC National Television Standards Committee (the standard system
used for broadcast TV in North America and Japan)
NMI nonmaskable interrupt
PAL Phase Alternating Line system (the standard for broadcast TV
in most of Europe, Africa, South America, and southern Asia)
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
PDS processor-direct slot
PWM pulse-width modulation
RAM random-access memory
RGB a video signal format with separate red, green, and blue
components
RISC reduced instruction set computing
RMS root-mean-square
ROM read-only memory
SANE Standard Apple Numerics Environment
SCSI Small Computer System Interface
SCC serial communications controller
SECAM the standard system used for broadcast TV in France and the
former Soviet countries
SIMM single inline memory module
S-video a type of video connector that keeps luminance and
chrominance separate; also called a Y/C connector
SWIM Super Woz Integrated Machine, a custom IC that controls the
floppy disk interface
TTL transistor-transistor logic (a standard type of device)
VCR video-cassette recorder
VLSI very large scale integration
VRAM video RAM; used for display buffers
Y/C a type of video connector that keeps luminance and
chrominance separate; also called an S-video connector
YUV a video signal format with separate luminance and
chrominance components