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A compact system unit for personal computers wherein system hardware components are closely integrated and packed resulting in an effective utilization of space. Such compact integration of hardware is facilitated by the arrangement of system hardware components co-planar with each other. The compac

A compact system unit for personal computers wherein system hardware components are closely integrated and packed resulting in an effective utilization of space. Such compact integration of hardware is facilitated by the arrangement of system hardware components co-planar with each other. The compact system unit incorporates a hard disk and a floppy disk. The floppy disk controller card is co-planar with and plugs directly on to the mother board. A bus expansion card is vertically mounted to the mother board whereby up to two additional optional expansion cards may be incorporated in a parallel formation within the compact system unit. The daughter board is directly mounted to the mother board in inverted orientation.

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A compact computer system unit having a reduced vertical profile, comprising: system hardware integrated in a compact arrangement, comprising: a hard disk drive that stores data; a floppy disk drive that receives a floppy disk and reads data from said floppy disk and writes data to said floppy disk,

A compact computer system unit having a reduced vertical profile, comprising: system hardware integrated in a compact arrangement, comprising: a hard disk drive that stores data; a floppy disk drive that receives a floppy disk and reads data from said floppy disk and writes data to said floppy disk, said floppy disk drive arranged adjacent to and co-planar with said hard disk drive; a power supply that provides electrical power to said system hardware, said power supply horizontally aligned and co-planar with said hard disk drive and said floppy disk drive; a mother board that receives electrical power from said power supply, said mother board having electrical components that control the operation of said system hardware including said hard disk drive and said floppy disk drive; at least one optional expansion board that includes electrical components that control the operation of particular functions of said system hardware, said optional expansion board oriented directly above and parallel to said mother board in a stack formation, said stack formation co-planar with said hard disk drive, said floppy disk drive and said power supply; and a daughter board having electrical components that control the operation of additional functions of said system hardware said electrical components mounted on a component surface of said daughter board, said daughter board further having a connector on said component surface, said daughter board mounted to said mother board via said connector in an inverted orientation such that said component surface of said daughter board is parallel to and faces said mother board.