Comm Slot

The Comm Slot (also Communication Slot or Communications Slot) was an expansion slot architecture that was introduced in 1994 by Apple Computer for the use of lower-cost communications cards in entry to mid-level LC, Quadra, Performa, and Power Macintosh models. It was retired with the release of the beige Power Macintosh G3 in 1997.Power Macintosh G3: Ethernet/Comm Slot Support, Apple Support. 2012-02-20.
==Supported Macs==
===Comm Slot I===
*Macintosh LC 575
*Macintosh LC 580
*Macintosh LC 630
*Macintosh Performa 575, 577, 578
*Macintosh Performa 580, 588
*Macintosh Performa 630, 631, 635, 636, 637, 638, 640
*Macintosh Performa 5200, 5210, 5215, 5220
*Macintosh Performa 5300, 5320
*Macintosh Performa 6200, 6205, 6210, 6214, 6216, 6218, 6220, 6230
*Macintosh Performa 6300, 6310, 6320
*Macintosh Quadra 630Low End Mac’s Guide to Comm Slots by Tommy Yune, Low End Mac. 2018-03-20.
*Power Macintosh 6200
*Power Macintosh 6300/120
*Power Macintosh 5200 LC
*Power Macintosh 5300 LC
===Comm Slot II===
*Macintosh Performa 5400, 5410, 5420, 5430, 5440
*Macintosh Performa 6360
*Macintosh Performa 6400, 6410, 6420
*Power Macintosh 4400
*Power Macintosh 5400
*Power Macintosh 5500
*Power Macintosh 6300/160
*Power Macintosh 6400
*Power Macintosh 6500
*Power Macintosh 7220
*20th Anniversary Macintosh
*UMAX SuperMac C600 / Apus 3000UMAX C600 comm slot (II) ethernet card (German), Beware, Humanoid!. Archived 2015-10-31.
==Supported cards==
===Comm Slot I cards===
*Apple Macintosh 14.4 Express Fax/Modem CS Card (M2480LL/A)*
*Apple 10BASE-T Ethernet CS Twisted-Pair Card (M3065Z/A, 630-0734, 820-0514-A, 820-0607-A)
*Apple 10BASE2 Ethernet CS Thin Coax Card (M2708Z/A, 630-0896, 820-0537-A/B)
*Apple [AUI Ethernet CS AAUI Card (M3066Z/A, 630-0736, 820-0596-A)
*Farallon 10BASE-T Ethernet CS Card for Performa (YPN598)
*Global Village Teleport Gold IIv 14.4 CSI/II Modem (A808)*
*Global Village Teleport Platinum V 28.8 CSI/II Modem (A809)*
*Apple/Global Village 56K CSI/II Modem (A810, 630-2612-A)*
===Comm Slot II cards===
*Apple 28.8K Fax/Modem CSII Card (820-0809-A)
*Apple 10BASE-T Ethernet CSII Twisted-Pair Card (M4772ZM/A, 630-1873, 820-0784-A)
*Apple 10BASE2 Ethernet CSII Thin Coax Card (M4773ZM/A)
*Apple AUI Ethernet CSII AAUI Card (M4774ZM/A)
*Farallon Fast EtherTX-10/100 CSII Card (YPN998)
*Global Village Teleport Gold IIv 14.4 CSI/II Modem (A808)*
*Global Village Teleport Platinum V 28.8 CSI/II Modem (A809)*
*Apple/Global Village 56K CSI/II Modem (A810, 630-2612-A)*
*Sonic Systems 10BASE-T CSII Network Card (P701-001, BD-064)
:NOTE: Adding an internal modem card to a Comm Slot (I or II) will disable the -8 serial port or Mini DIN-9 GeoPort marked for an external modem.
==References==
==External links==
*Communication Slot: Specifications at Apple Support (2012-02-19)
*Ethernet Card Info at The 6400 Zone (archived 2021-11-11)
*LC slot & comm slot network Ethernet adapters by Herb Johnson at RetroTechnology (2021-12-11)
*Apple Communication Slot and Communications Slot II pinout at Pinouts.ru
* at Wikipedia
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