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Epson EL 4S/33+

EL 4S/33+ Components

Memory -

The following diagrams illustrate the outside of the

EL 4S/33+ system.

 

 

VGA

power inlet

AC outlet

MOUSE

Computer Specifications

CPU and Memory

32-bit CPU

Cyrix® or Texas Instruments® 486SLC,

33 MHz microprocessor with 16-bit data

bus

System speed

Fast and slow speeds available; fast speed

is 33 MHZ, slow speed is 8 MHz; speed

selection through SETUP program and

keyboard commands; zero wait state

memory access at fast speed; 0 or 1 wait

state memory access selectable through

SETUP

ROM

Video RAM

Shadow RAM

Memory

relocation

Internal cache
Math

coprocessor
Clock/calendar

Controllers

Video

Diskette

Hard disk

Interfaces

Monitor

Parallel

Serial

2MB or 4MB RAM standard on SIMMs;

expandable to 16MB (maximum) using

256KB, 1MB, and 4MB SIMMs; SIMMs

must be 30-pin, 8-bit or 9-bit, fast-page

mode type with access speed of 70ns or

faster (preferably tin-plated)
64KB system BIOS and SETUP code

located in EPROM on main system board;

32KB video BIOS located in EPROM on

main system board
256KB DRAM on main system board;

expandable to 512KB or 1024KB using

70ns or 80ns 44256 DIP chips
32KB or 64KB, 0 or 1 wait state access

speed; system ROM BIOS and video ROM

can be copied into RAM
Supports relocation of 256KB of memory

from A0000h to BFFFFh and D0000h to

EFFFFh to extended memory

1KB built into microprocessor
Optional Cx83S87-33 coprocessor

available
Real-time clock, calendar, and CMOS

RAM socketed on main system board with

built-in battery backup

Trident® VGA controller on main system

board; provides standard VGA resolutions

with 256KB memory and extended VGA
resolutions up to 1024 x 768 in 16 colors

with 512KB memory and 256 colors with

1MB memory
Controller on main system board supports

up to two diskette drives
Interface on main system board supports

up to two IDE hard disk drives with

built-in controllers; BIOS provides hard

disk auto-sensing function

VGA interface for analog monitor built

into system board; 15-pin, D-shell

connector
One standard 8-bit parallel, bidirectional

interface built into main system board;

25-pin, D-shell connector
Two RS-232C, programmable,

asynchronous interfaces built into main

system board; 9-pin, D-shell connectors

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Epson EL 4S/33+ - 1

Summary of Contents for EL 4S/33

Page 1: ...ated in EPROM on main system board 256KB DRAM on main system board expandable to 512KB or 1024KB using 70ns or 80ns 44256 DIP chips 32KB or 64KB 0 or 1 wait state access speed system ROM BIOS and video ROM can be copied into RAM Supports relocation of 256KB of memory from A0000h to BFFFFh and D0000h to EFFFFh to extended memory 1KB built into microprocessor Optional Cx83S87 33 coprocessor availabl...

Page 2: ...B or 1 44MB storage capacity 5 25 inch diskette drive 360KB or 1 2MB storage capacity 3l cr inch form factor hard disk drive s up to half height size Half height tape drive CD ROM drive optical drive or other storage device S inch or 3 n with mounting frames Detachable two position height 101 or 102 sculpted keys countrydependent main typewriter keyboard numeric cursor control keypad four key curs...

Page 3: ...Epson EL 4S 33 Major Subassemblies System Board Components 12 93 Epson EL 4S 33 3 ...

Page 4: ...y reassign parallel and serial ports Check your MS DOS manual for more information SIMM Installation Your computer comes with 2MB or 4MB of memory on SIMMs You can increase the memory up to 16MB by installing 256KB 1MB or 4MB SIMMs in the computer s four SIMM sockets The following table shows the possible SIMM configurations do not install memory in any other configuration SIMM configuration Use o...

Page 5: ... your system s performance for some applications by installing a Cx83S87 33 math coprocessor Hard Disk Drive Types The computer comes with a hard disk auto sensing feature When you select AUTO DETECT 1 or 2 for your hard disk type in SETUP the system detects the type of hard disk drive you have installed when you boot and fills in the drive information using values in the following table Some olde...

Page 6: ...served 8 bit Reserved 8 bit FDD controller 8 bit Reserved 8 bit Cascade for DMA controller 1 Reserved 16 bit Reserved 16 bit Reserved 16 bit Hardware Interrupts IRQ no Function lRQ0 Timer output IRQ1 Keyboard IRQ2 Cascade from IRQ controller 2 IRQ3 Serial port 2 IRQ4 Serial port 1 IRQ5 Parallel port 2 IRQ6 FDD controller Epson EL 4 S 33 6 12 93 ...

Page 7: ...r system board 64KB Duplicated from 0E0000h Extended memory System BlOS ROM 64KB Default Shadow RAM duplicated at FF0000h Unused or l O expansion ROM 160KB Reserved for ROM on I O adapters VGA BlOS ROM 32KB Default shadow RAM VGA text color 32KB Unused or VGA text monochrome 32KB Video memory 64KB Reserved for graphics display buffer 16MB Maximum system memory 1MB 640KB 12 93 Epson EL 4S 33 7 ...

Page 8: ...onnector pin assignments CN8 Diskette drive connector pin assignments J42 Hard disk drive connector pin assignments J38 Active low logic Epson EL 4S 33 Speaker connector pin assignments J34 Optional game port connector pin assignments Optional game port interface pin assignments J1 Option card riser board connector pin assignments S1 All odd numbered pins are grounds Epson EL4S 33 8 12 93 ...

Page 9: ...s not produce a match for the drive you can define your own drive type by selecting User Def 1 or 2 as the type and entering the drive s exact parameters It is recommended that a 16 bit AT type hard disk controller be used if you are installing a drive that cannot use the embedded IDE interface If you install a non IDE hard disk drive and controller card you need to disable the built in IDE hard d...

Page 10: ...u are installing a video adapter card make sure you disable the built in VGA by changing jumpers J7 J8 and J9 to the Off position COM Port Assignment If you want to assign COM1 as COM3 you must set jumper J24 to position 2 3 If you want to assign COM2 as COM4 you must set jumper J26 to position 2 3 System Problems Q Do not attempt to install OS 2 version 2 1 from CD ROM 0 Do not use this computer ...

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