SMC Networks 1232 Series Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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¾ Two cascaded 8259 interrupt controllers (15 interrupt channels)
¾ Three 8254 counter/timers (There are no extra timers)
¾ Three extra timers
Peripherals
¾ Two serial ports UART 16550A-compatible: one selectable between RS232/422/485 and
one RS232 only
¾ One bidirectional parallel port: selectable between EPP, ECP, SPP
¾ One USB port compliant with the Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI)
¾ One AC97 port (CODEC board needed)
¾ One floppy disk interface available on the parallel port (J5) through an external adapter, or
on FPC (Flat Printed Circuit) connector (J15). They are mutually exclusive so only one FDD
can be used
¾ One PC/AT keyboard interface
¾ One PS/2 mouse connector
¾ One speaker port
¾ One standard EIDE HD interface
¾ One 10/100 Fast Ethernet Controller (RJ45 Ethernet Adapter needed)
¾ Software programmable watchdog from 1 second to 255 seconds or from 1 minute to 255
minutes
¾ Real time clock (external battery required for date and time backup)
BIOS
¾ The Parvus/Eurotech BIOS is stored into a reprogrammable on board device.
¾ Utilities for BIOS upgrade provided in the utility disk
¾ Setup parameters stored in Flash memory
¾ Virtual Peripheral (V.P.) operating mode: remote control of the CPU module through the
serial port.
¾ Boot selectable from floppy, SSD, HD, CD-ROM and V.P.
¾ Fast Boot selectable
¾ Embedded features implemented
VGA interface
¾ Backward compatibility to SVGA standards
¾ Full VGA and VESA mode support
¾ 2D graphics accelerator
¾ Display Compression Technology architecture