IBM 5110 EXPANSION CARDS

MAIN 5110 REFERENCE

EXPANSION CARDS

As originally received, starting from the power supply, the expansion slots of this 5110 are populated as follows:

INDEXSystem DescriptionNotes
AI/O CABLE DRIVERConnected main processor to the external IO pins at the back of the system (disk drive, tape, or printer/plotter).
B
C
D
EWould have APL
FCommon and Language ROSBASIC
GDisplay
HBASE I/O(includes internal tape support and keyboard IO, generally coupled with the card in slot J with some “X2” connectors)
(skipped i)The IBM manual diagram for the A1 board skips Letter “i”, probably since it could be confused with “1”
JProcessor (full width)PALM: Put all Logic in Microcode
KFeature ROSParallel I/O not installed
LExecutable ROS (full width)Similar to a BIOS
M16KB/16KBTotal 32KB
NReserved for additional RWS (Read/Write Storage), to support up to 64KB

Per the IBM 5110 MIM 2-12 page 209, the slots should be like this:

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