Complex sentence: In typical on a circuit board usage the resistors would be relocated at the top of the columns and connected to the input pin, the row current capacity would be boosted by an NPN emitter follower instead of the typically much weaker I/O pin.
Split into simpler sentences: In typical on a circuit board usage the resistors would be relocated at the top of the columns and connected to the input pin. The row current capacity would be boosted by an NPN emitter follower instead of the typically much weaker I/O pin.