1-6 Technical Information
integrated sound (multimedia configurations only)
OPTi Sound Blaster compatible chip on system board
Yamaha OPL3 FM synthesis chip on system board
built-in 16-bit stereo and FM synthesis
Wavetable sound upgradeable
3D sound effects
two intelligent drive electronics (IDE) interface channels
one fast IDE/PCI channel (primary connector) used by the hard disk drive to
transfer data at the hard disk’s optimum rate
one standard IDE channel (secondary connector) for the CD-ROM reader
supports up to four IDE devices, two to each channel
power management for placing system in power save mode when idle for a
specified amount of time
3 1/2-inch, 1.44-MB diskette drive standard all configurations
PCI/ISA backboard configurations
desktop provides four expansion slots: two ISA, one PCI, and one shared
ISA/PCI connectors
minitower provides five expansion slots: three ISA, one PCI, and one shared
ISA/PCI connectors
external connectors for connecting the following external devices:
VGA-compatible monitor (standard, super, high-resolution VGA)
personal system/2 (PS/2
®
)-style mouse
PS/2-style keyboard
bidirectional Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) and enhanced capabilities port
(ECP) are supported for a parallel printer
serial devices through two buffered 16C550 UART serial ports, each
supporting up to 19.2 KB per second
external speakers, microphone, and headphone connectors (multimedia
configurations only)
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