slap on the side
(Also called a sidecar, or abbreviated "SOTS"). A type of external expansion
hardware marketed by computer manufacturers (e.g. Commodore for the Amiga
500/1000 series and IBM for the hideous failure called IBM PCjr). Various SOTS
boxes provided necessities such as memory, hard drive controllers, and
conventional expansion slots.
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