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Universal Serial Bus
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) port is a high-speed serial bus which allows you to connect and daisy-chain
USB peripherals without taking up precious system resources.
Fax/data modem
Some models have a built-in V.90 56Kbps PCI fax/data modem.
WARNING:This modem port is not compatible with digital phone lines. Plugging this modem into a digital
phone line will damage the modem.
To use the fax/data modem port, connect a phone cable fr om the modem port to a tel ephone jack.
Start your communications software program. See your communications manual for instructions.
Built-in network feature (optional)
Available on selected models, the built-in network feature allows you to connect your computer t o an Ethernet-
based (10BaseT and 100BaseT) network.
3 Modem jack Ph one line
4 Network jack Ethernet 10/100-based network
5 Infrared port Infrared device (e.g., infrared printer, IR-aware
computers)
6 PS/2 port PS/2-compatible device (e.g., PS/2 keyboard/mouse/
keypad)
7 Parallel port Parallel device (e.g., parallel printer)
8 Serial port Serial device (e.g., ser ial mouse)
9 External display port Display device (e.g., external monitor, LCD project or )
up to 1280x1024 resolution at 64K-colors
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