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inches wide by 13 inches deep. PC technology was new and needed lots of

space for the various chips necessary to run the components of the PC.

Figure 6-4 AT motherboard (bottom) and Baby AT motherboard (top)

The single greatest problem with AT motherboards was the lack of

external ports. When PCs were first invented, the only devices plugged into

the average PC were a monitor and a keyboard. That’s what the AT was

designed to handle—the only dedicated connector on an AT motherboard

was the keyboard port (see Figure 6-5).

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