Editing Acorn Archimedes A5000 (section)

== Expansion Options ==

The A5000 provided four podule expansion slots:

=== Common Expansion Cards ===

Popular expansions included:
* '''SCSI cards:''' Lingenuity, Morley, Oak Solutions
* '''Ethernet:''' i-cubed EtherLan 200/500
* '''Sound samplers:''' Wild Vision AudioDynamics
* '''MIDI interfaces:''' EMR Studio 24
* '''PC emulators:''' Aleph One 486 card
* '''Video digitizers:''' HCCS Vision

The four-slot capacity matched the A540, providing professional expansion capabilities at lower cost.

=== Network Options ===

{| class="wikitable styled-table" style="width:85%; text-align:center;"
! Interface !! Speed !! Protocol !! Typical Use
|-
| Econet (module) || 250 kbps || Proprietary || Educational networks
|-
| Ethernet (podule) || 10 Mbps || TCP/IP || Professional networks
|-
| Serial SLIP || 115.2 kbps || TCP/IP || Internet dial-up
|-
| Parallel PLIP || 50 KB/s || TCP/IP || Direct connection
|}

Ethernet gradually replaced Econet in educational settings, providing standard networking compatibility and improved performance.