That's right. They include I/O on the motherboard, as well as network, sometimes, sound, modem...etc. Of course, if you have the experience to build your own, there are boards out there that have more PCI slots, although isa is pretty rare these days which is unfortunate if you need to use an isa synth or something. Chris Peterson _______________ The Space Report Internet and satellite delivered news from space. Visit our web site at www.TheSpaceReport.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 3:56 PM Subject: Re: Options for buying a computer. > One thing I don't like about compaqs is you cant upgrade them. I got one > with only 2 PCI slots. One of my 486s has 5 isa slots, three filled with > network card, sound, and parrellell port. They don't make computers like > they used to! > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
