Introducing
APRICOT 340 OWNER’S HANDBOOK 1/7
♦ 1.44 Mbyte 3.5" diskette drive; 3.5" hard disk drive bay with
room for two one-inch drives (various capacities); one 5.25"
removable-media drive bay.
♦ Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) and Industry
Standard Architecture (ISA) expansion card slots: one full-
length PCI/ISA slot, one full-length ISA slot, and (in cacheless
models) one half-length ISA slot.
♦ Parallel port with either standard, EPP (Enhanced Parallel
Port) or ECP (Extended Capabilities Port) functionality; two
serial ports; extended keyboard; two-button mouse.
Energy-efficient features
All models in the range comply with the requirements of the US
Environmental Protection Agency’s “Energy Star” programme for
energy-efficient computers. These models support:
♦ System Management Mode (SMM) of Intel SL Enhanced
processors.
♦ Operating systems and applications that use the
Intel/Microsoft Advanced Power Management (APM) interface
standard.
♦ VESA BIOS Extensions for Power Management (VBE/PM), for
use with energy-efficient monitors that support Display Power
Management Signalling (DPMS).
Caution
Do not attempt to use the computer’s energy-saving features with a
monitor that does not support DPMS; the monitor may be permanently
damaged.