DigiPoS PowerPoS Technical Manual
Operating System Dependant Settings
The defaults that were covered above are generalised and some settings need to be
altered in order to gain the maximum performance from your DigiPoS when using certain
operating systems. The following list describes the operating system dependant settings
and their reasons.
DOS
Advanced Bios Features
Feature Options
Reason
Video BIOS Shadow
Enabled
C8000-CBFFF Shadow
Enabled
CC000-CFFFF Shadow
Enabled
D0000-D3FFF Shadow
Enabled
D4000-D7FFF Shadow
Enabled
D8000-DBFFF Shadow
Enabled
DC000-DFFFF Shadow
Enabled
This enables you to move programs from 16 bit ROM
to 32 bit RAM since RAM is faster than ROM. This
can speed up video and other operations significantly
but only in DOS
Advanced Chipset Features
OnChip USB
Enabled
Disabled
Select
Enabled only
if you have USB peripherals such as a
keyboard or mouse.
USB Keyboard Support
Enabled
Disabled
Enables the use of a USB Keyboard
(Standard functions only)
Integrated Peripherals
Sound Blaster
Disabled
Enabled
Allows the multimedia device to run in a sound blaster
compatible mode. This may be necessary with some DOS
software programs.
PnP/PCI Configurations
PNP OS Installed
Yes
No
DOS is not Plug and Play Compatible.
Assign IRQ For USB
Disabled
Enabled
If the USB ports are not being used, this function allows
you to release the IRQ that was being used for the USB
root hub.
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