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They were known as an "expansion bus". So-called because the expansion cards with edge connectors, plugged directy into the bus board. (Today we would call it a motherboard) There were 3 bus standards: Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) Extended Industry Standard (EISA) I hope that helps. Michael Sharp, CEO hostyouridea.com
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoNo - early PCs used ISA slots instead. PCI slots were not commonly used until 1993.
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∙ 15y agoI believe it was the ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) slot.
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∙ 14y agoAnswer: True
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∙ 11y agoPCI
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What are 2 different kinds of adapter or expansion slots?
Pci. Pci-e
What is the expansion for the acronym PCI X?
PCI X stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended. It is used for expansion of 32 bit PCI bus slots. The slots are used to enhance the capabilities of the motherboard.
What expansion slot replaced the PCI and AGP slots?
pci express (PCIe)
What is pci and dimm?
Are these 2 different type of expansion slots
What three types of expansion slots are used by video cards?
PCI AGP PCI-E
If you have 3 PCI expansion slots do you need 3 PCI buses on the motherboard?
Not sayin :P haha
Which expansion slots support Plug and Play devices?
Cnr & pci
What are some expansion slots contained on the motherboard?
Pci amr agp
Where is the expansion card installed?
Expansion cards are generally installed in PCI or PCI-e slots on the motherboard, although it would depend on which type of expansion card you are referring to.
What laptop accessory allows you to have PCI slots for expansion cards?
You're face.
Five different types of expansion slots?
USB Firewire Ethernet PCI SATA
What is a Expansion Slots?
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect Also newer PCI express x16 These are the expansion slots on newer motherboards introduced after AGP was phased out. Commonly used to support the computers GPU (Graphical processing unit) or the Video Card
