morse KP 286, User Manual

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INTRODUCTION
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Introduction
This manual covers all necessary information to operate the KP 286 12MHz
system board. It will assist you in the installation and configuration of the
system. By
carefully following the steps described in this manual the user should
be able to handle the system without additional help. The table of contents
gives detailed information about the arrangement of this manual, and appen­
dix D is a quick reference guide to the setup of your system.
The KP 286 12MHz is a fully PC/AT compatible system board im­
plemented with a highly integrated chip set. It uses a reliable 80286-12 CPU,
and the system speed can be either 6MHz or 12MHz selectable by hardware
or software.
The system allows the user to run it at zero or one wait state. The table
below shows the wait state choices with system speeds, and the evaluation of
Landmark Speed Test, and SI Performance Test:
Wait
State
Turbo /
Normal
Speed
System
Speed
Landmark
Speed Test
Ver 0.99
Norton SI V4.0
Perform. Test
Computing Ind.
0 W.S.
Turbo 12.0MHz 16.1MHz 15.1
Normal 6.0MHz 7.8MHz 7.1
1 W.S.
Turbo 12.0MHz 12.0MHz 1 1.5
Normal 6.0MHz 6.0MHz 5.7
Various sizes of memory can be installed on board, options include 512K,
640K, IM, 2M or 4M bytes installed in the dual-purpose 34 pin sockets. It
supports DOS Conventional memory, Expanded (EMS) memory, and Extended
(running in protected mode) memory functions.
The system board can also support MS-DOS, PC-DOS, MS-OS/2, XENIX,
Novell Networking and all IBM PC/AT compatible application programs.
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