Standard peripheral devices, Expansion capabilities, 8 standard peripheral devices – Texas Instruments 60X User Manual

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General Description

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Table 1-5 65x Series External Ports

1.2.8

Standard Peripheral Devices

As standard features, the Extensa notebooks include a user-removable internal hard
drive and either a 3.5-inch floppy disk drive or CD-ROM drive and built-in point
touchpad (mouse device). On the 65x Series, the FDD or CD-ROM drive is user
removable.

1.2.9

Expansion Capabilities

The Extensa 60x and 65x Series Notebooks are designed with a variety of expansion
features that permit substantial functionality and performance upgrades over the life
of the product. The expansion capabilities built into the notebook are summarized in
Table 1-6 and described in greater detail in the following paragraphs.

Port Assignment

Description

External VGA Port

15-Pin Female connector used to attach an
external SVGA monitor to the notebook.

Serial Port

9-Pin Male connector used to attach an RS-232
serial device to the notebook.

Parallel/Floppy Port

25-Pin Female connector used to attach a
bidirectional printer or an external floppy disk
drive (requires special cable for use with floppy
disk drive).

PS/2

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Port

6-Pin Circular connectors used to attach external
keyboard/mouse devices to the notebook.

DC-IN Connector

Power in connector used to attach the output of
the AC adapter to the notebook.

Fast Infrared Port

Fast Infrared Port (4 M/b) used for wireless
communications between the notebook and an
FIR-equipped device such as keyboard, another
notebook, printer, etc.

Audio In/Out, Mic In Jacks

Provide for input of external sound source or
audio output to drive external speakers

Expansion Bus

120-Pin PCI Bus that supports an external Port
Replicator

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