This process is made easier if all the expansion cards are first removed.
The first step is to open the case and remove all of the expansion cards.
This was a side effect of the prototype system being based around the 68000, with the 68030 a separate expansion card.
We don't have much room and I hardly ever need expansion cards.
Do you need to open the unit to install expansion cards?
Some expansion cards take up more than one slot space.
This original idea was soon replaced by a system based on expansion cards.
There is a slot on the back of the unit for an expansion card that was never made.
If they remain on the expansion card, that much less of the Palm's memory is being used.
In other words it is not an expansion card anymore.
A third-party plug-in card with a 386 was also available.
The optional tape drives of the 2645 model were interfaced via another plug-in card.
A backplane uses plug-in cards for storage and processing.
At this time most other computers used plug-in internal cards to add connections for peripherals.
Two processor piggyback plug-in cards were built, but were never used as more than faster 68020's.
Sound functionality can also be integrated onto the motherboard, using basically the same components as a plug-in card.
The best plug-in cards, which use better and more expensive components, can achieve higher quality than integrated sound.
An expansion card cage was available as an option, allowing more plug-in cards.
Sound cards are special plug-in cards that greatly enhance the effects of many game and educational programs.
Both machines add memory through plug-in cards in increments of one or two megabytes.