Gateway ALR 9000, User Manual

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System Board 17
Hard Drive Controller
The hard drive controller is an integrated dual-channel PCI/IDE interface is
capable of controlling up to four IDE devices and supporting PIO Modes 0-
4.
Adaptec® AIC™-7880 SCSI Controller
This is a high-performance, PnP compliant, single-chip PCI local bus-to-
UltraSCSI master host adapter. Its pin compatibility provides a direct
upgrade path for higher I/O bandwidth requirements with data rates of 20-
MB/sec in the 8-bit mode and 40-MB/sec in the 16-bit mode.
Additional features:
•
Full 32-bit PCI bus master implementation maximizing data
transfer on PCI local bus at 133-MB/sec data bursts
•
BIOS Developer’s Kit (BDK) allowing easy customization of
system BIOS code for various features
•
SCAM (SCSI Configured Automatically) Level 1 for Windows
95
®
enabling automatic configuration of new devices without
having to reboot the system.
•
Wide SCSI configuration supporting up to 15 connected SCSI
peripherals
•
Multithreading support for up to 255 simultaneous I/O tasks
•
Advanced SCSI I/O cell ensuring data integrity by automatically
and continuously adjusting slew rate to compensate for SCSI bus
loading
•
Driver support for all major operating systems
I/O Card Slot
The I/O ports are housed on an I/O card which is factory installed in this
slot.
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