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Power

four DC voltages: ± 12 volt, ± 5 volt

 

Motherboard >Chips

PC bus
Address-bus: 20 bits: 1 MB
Data-bus: 8 bits
Used in original PC and XT (8088, 8086)
62 lines: A1-A31, B1-B31
5 : 4 voltages + 1 duplicated
3 : ground
8 : data bits (1 byte), Data Bus
20 : address bits (memory/port), Address Bus
2^20 = 1.048.576 = 1 MB (00000-FFFFF)
1 : bus busy/free, Control Bus
? : interrupt requests, - -
AT bus, ISA (Industry Standard Architecture)
Address-bus: 24 bits: 16 MB
Data-bus: 16 bits
Extends the PC bus
98 lines: 62 (PC bus) + 36 lines: C1-C18, D1-D18
62 : PC bus
8 : extra data bits: 16 bits total (32 bit CPUs transfer 2*16 bits)
4 : extra address bits: 24 bits total (80286, 80386SX)
2^24 = 16 MB (000000-FFFFFF)
5 : extra interrupt requests
Bus Speed: early 80286: 6 or 8 MHz (= CPU speed)
MCA (Micro Channel Architecture)
IBM PS/2 50, 60, 80
Data-bus: 16 bits
EISA (Enhanced ISA)
Data-bus: 32 bits: 2^32 = 4Gb (80386DX, 80486)
compatible with ISA cards
Local Bus Architecture
NB: ISA, EISA, MCA are the expansion bus
High speed connection between CPU and RAM at CPU clock speed and data width
Also used for CPU to video adapter data transfer
PCMCIA

 

Expansion boards

SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)
can handle up to seven devices
controller electronis on disk drive
Disk controller kort
CR-ROM controller
> Disks / CD-ROM
IDE (Integrated Disk Electronics) controller
with controller electronis on the drive
will handle two IDE devices
Connector:
> Disks / Hard disk
Grafikkort
Lydkort
Line In: sampling af lyd fra extern kilde fx forstærker - lydfiler: .WAV, .VOC
Mic In: sampling via mikrofonindgang - svagere signal end Line In
Line Out: til extern forstærker
Speaker Out: til højttalere / hovedtelefoner - kraftigere signal end Line Out - forstærket af lydkortets indbyggede miniforstærker
Joystick interface (Game-port). På nye PCer sidder et tilsvarende stik ved LPT og COM stikkene
Lydkortets game-port kan benyttes som MIDI-interface
MIDI synthesizer - på lydkortet eller extern - kan spille .MID, .MUS filer med lyd-koder (fylder meget mindre end samplet lyd)

 

Modem

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