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Summary of Contents for AT Compact 3

Page 1: ...Tulip at compact 3 Technical Training Tulip computers http www computer museum net...

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Page 3: ...Tulip at compact 3 Technical Training rev 1 01 April 90 c Copyright 1989 Tulip Computers International B V Part number Issue date November 1989 April 1990 http www computer museum net...

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Page 5: ...Unauthorized copying or reproducing any part of them is expressly forbidden Tulip Computers may change or improve the product and this manual at any time without previous warning Trademarks Tulip is a...

Page 6: ...5 5 Hard Disk controller detection 5 6 Continued boot 5 7 Bootsequence 5 8 Speedswitching 6 NEAT CHIPSET CS 8221 6 1 82C211 bus controller 6 2 82C212 page interleave and EMS memory controller 6 3 82C2...

Page 7: ...ange the fan speed 32 163 Closing the cabinet 33 17 DIAGNOSTICS 33 17 1 Starting diagnostics 34 17 2 Using the diagnostic program 34 17 3 System configurations in Diagnostics 38 17 4 Enable disable sy...

Page 8: ...ps in both memory banks the total amount of memory will be 4 Mb In addition at the back of the top cover of the system unit there is a hole with cap Like other Tulip compact models the system can be l...

Page 9: ...compact 3 is printed below _ COM1 COM2 KEYB J18 RST J6 CRT J18 FLOPPY 80287 COPRO PAR J4 5 82C212 CAS RAS RAM0 1 IJ MEMORY CONTROLLER 0 JU 80286 82C215 ADDRESS DATA BUFFER 2C211 CPU BUS CONTROLLER BI...

Page 10: ...ustom VLSI s board space used by conventional components could be reduced and used for implementation of new features The major components will be discussed in the following chapters c Tulip Computers...

Page 11: ...COMPACT 3 NMI D A 82C211 82C206 8473 A T A B Timer s E RTC RAM p LA Addr COM 80286 Addr 82C215 SA Addr 16C452 COM2 Data SD Addr Parallel 80287 8 82C212 8042 Keyboard OR 80c287 12 J I DRAM BIOS c Tuli...

Page 12: ...r operates in real mode It acts as a high performance 8086 using only the lower 20 address lines Programs written for the 8086 can be executed in this mode without any modification 3 1 The REAL mode I...

Page 13: ...a code or stack No limit or access checks are performed in this mode Two fixed areas are reserved FFFFO FFFFF system initialization area 00000 003FF interrupt vectors Example FFE4 002E means segment s...

Page 14: ...ement scheme interposes a mapping operation between logical addresses as they are viewed by programs and physical addresses being in real memory Since the logical address spaces are independent of phy...

Page 15: ...omatically refers to the tables whenever a segment register is loaded with a selector All instructions that load a segment register will refer to the memory tables There are several descriptor tables...

Page 16: ...nctions It effectively extends the register and instruction set of the system and adds several new data types as well 4 1 How to install the numeric coprocessor The Tulip AT compact 3 allows the insta...

Page 17: ...28 150 ns 2 27256 150 ns Jll ROM SELECT I Jumper on pin 1 2 ROM size 2 x 32 Kb 27256 1 2 3 I Jumper on pin 2 3 ROM size 2 x 16 Kb 27128 1 2 3 Because of the RAM shadowed BIOS feature we can reduce the...

Page 18: ...erare constructed as follows Bitnr 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 FOOO FF77 I0 I1 0 0 0 0 I0 I0 I Board nr In this example we are dealing with a TC16 board and the revision level is O bits O and 1 are both zero 5 2...

Page 19: ...3 BIOS will allow a boot from hard disk when the keyboard is locked No attempt will be made to boot from a floppy disk in case of a locked keyboard This feature can be useful for stand alone remote co...

Page 20: ...generation On top of this the bus controller contains the NMI generation logic and the control logic to interface the 80287 coprocessor and the 80286 microprocessor 6 2 82C212 page interleave and EMS...

Page 21: ...program this 64 Kb block can be located in the address space of OCOOOh trough OEFFFFh starting at a 4000h boundary 6 3 82C215 data I address buffer The 82C215 data address buffer provides the bufferi...

Page 22: ...both banks must have 1 Mbit chips installed After installing memory expansion and if necessary setting the corresponding jumpers you should run the Diagnostics program to inform the system about the...

Page 23: ...s expanded memory To allow the system to use EMS you will first have to install a device driver More information on the device driver you will find in the paragraph Emm sys If you use both extended an...

Page 24: ...stalled Consequently the EMS driver will not get loaded into the system When the EMS device driver is being loaded by MS DOS an internal test on the EMS hardware configuration is done If any conflicts...

Page 25: ...emory configurations REMARK In the table above the characteristics of the chips are mentioned Exam_p_le 512k B bank O means bank O consists of 16 chips of 512 k bit per cliip So total lMb When using 2...

Page 26: ...AT Compact 3 21 RAM in standard configuration with 2 Mb memory Bank 0 1 Mb DRAM Bank 1 not used 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 J4 I I I J3 J5 I I I I I J6 c Tulip Computers lntemational Training Department htt...

Page 27: ...1 1 44 Mb disk drive All these types are supported by the 8473 Floppy Disk Controller The AT compact 3 has an analog data separator which provides a better performance The floppy disk interface on the...

Page 28: ...mplete status of each channel can be read at any time during functional operation by the CPU The parallel data port fully supports the Centronics type printer interface The port allows data transmitte...

Page 29: ...ONTROLLER The keyboard provided with the AT compact 3 is a standard Tulip 101 102 key keyboard Country dependent key layout The keyboard controller provides the standard interface to the keyboard On t...

Page 30: ...nnection of the keyboard Check the position of the switch es underneath the keyboard The number of switches depends on the type of keyboard you have AUTO E or or III III III III I FIGURE 11 Keyboard d...

Page 31: ...the startup procedure choose Startup password and select No Be aware that the password should have a minimum length of four and a maximum length of eight characters Select the Hot key option if you w...

Page 32: ...iagnostics and pressing the enter key the selected function is executed Entering an incorrect password results in returning to the enter function mode Exit the ENTER password mode returning to enter f...

Page 33: ...tting is done by the vendor of the disk This information is fixed on the disk The advantages of putting the disk controller fixed on the disk are The timing between disk and disk controller can be opt...

Page 34: ...configuration The reason that this jumperblock is available is due to the history of the development of the embedded AT interface In the definition phase of this interface the standard was not 100 sta...

Page 35: ...ONOCHROME TTL 1411 DGA COLOR TTL 1411 TEVA COLOR TTL 1411 VGA 16 VGA MONOCHROME 1411 VGA 16 VGA COLOR 1411 FIGURE 12 Video adapters and monitors Jumper setting J15 VIDEO I 1 2 3 Jumper on pin 1 2 mono...

Page 36: ...space according to the next table Address Decimal Hex Function 640 K AOOOO 704 K 80000 80FFF 128K EGA VGA 736 K 88000 32K or 64K Hercules 752 K 8COOO 8FFFF FIGURE 13 Video memory map VGA Bios c Tulip...

Page 37: ...ed make sure that they are properly reconnected again and run the diagnostic program 16 1 How to replace the batteries The batteries are used to make sure that the configuration and the correct time a...

Page 38: ...n be used in a wide range of situations A large number of Help screens and drop down menus enable you to communicate with your computer and run the program The program is very easy to handle but still...

Page 39: ...command Diagnose at the DOS prompt Make sure that you start Diagnostics from the drive and the directory holding all Diagnostics files This means that if the Diagnostics program has been installed on...

Page 40: ...RE 14 Diagnostics 2 04 should recognize your AT compact 3 Diagnostics V2 04 Wednesday November 1 1989 12 08 pm tup Test Transport System_Info Fl Help Esc Exit FIGURE 15 Looking for system information...

Page 41: ...on or if a new box appears choose from a list of options Help screens When you are running the Setup program or planning to run one of the test programs and you need help for the operation you are goi...

Page 42: ...ecification of the hard disk type at the back of the machine or if you have a retrofit set hard disk at the hard disk itself Checking the type specification before you install your hard disk will save...

Page 43: ...Hard disk drive C 17 Hard disk drive D O System Hard Disk Controller Enable First boot from Floppy Disk Unit Ctrl PgUp Previous Ctrl PgDn Next Enter Select Fl Help Esc Exit FIGURE 16 Enabling I disabl...

Page 44: ...Enable Enable Enable 378h Enter Select Fl Help Esc Exit FIGURE 17 Port enable I disable A system port should be disabled in the following situations If a port on an expansion card uses the same addre...

Page 45: ...8 MHz Normal 12 5 MHz Fast Fast 12 5 MHz FIGURE 19 Possible clock speeds Default setting Is only available when processor speed is set to Normal Diagnostics V2 04 Wednesday November l 1989 1 53 pm Se...

Page 46: ...ric keypad at the right on your keyboard simultaneously Each time the processor speed is changed the system will generate a beep If you choose the processor speed which is currently set the system wil...

Page 47: ...Extended memory Kb o Ctrl PgUp Previous Ctrl PgDn Next Enter Select Fl Help Esc Exit FIGURE 22 Configuring the memory If the memory has to be configured the above screen is produced by the diagnostic...

Page 48: ...Replace the diskette with a system diskette and retry boot If the same message appears again check whether the disk drive has been correctly connected Display adapter failed using alternate The color...

Page 49: ...in drive A is not formatted as a system diskette Replace the diskette by a system diskette and retry boot Parallel ports conflict Port 378h disabled Parallel port is disabled by BIOS Run Diagnostics a...

Page 50: ...TA TERMINAL READY 5 GROUND 6 DATA SET READY 7 REQUEST TO SEND 8 CLEAR TO SEND 9 RING INDICATOR J30 PARALLEL PORT PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 STROBE 10 ACK 2 DBO 11 BSY 3 DBl 12 PE 4 DB2 13 SLCT 5 DB3 6 DB...

Page 51: ...OW DENS 20 STEP 4 NOT CONNECTED 22 WDATA 6 NOT CONNECTED 24 WGATE 8 INDEX 26 TRKO 10 DRSELO 28 WRPROT 12 DRSELl 30 RDDATA 14 NOT CONNECTED 32 SIDE 16 MOTOR ON 34 DISK CHANGE 18 DIR All odd pins ground...

Page 52: ...HORIZONTAL SYNC 2 VERTICAL SYNC 3 SIGNAL GROUND 4 INTENSITY 5 VIDEO 6 GROUND MONITOR PIN SIGNAL 1 GROUND 2 GROUND 3 RED 4 GREEN 5 BLUE 6 INTENSITY 7 COMPOSITE MONO VIDEO 8 HORIZONTAL SYNC 9 VERTICAL...

Page 53: ...5V 4 5V 5 5V 6 5V Remark The 5V is made on the mainboard itself by a 7905 chip The power supply does not need a 5 Vterminal unless the 7905 is removed FRONT ASSY CONNECTOR J12 PIN SIGNAL 1 BAT 2 HOLE...

Page 54: ...memory For 5 25 inch and 3 5 inch floppy disk drives Hard disk controller Integrated on main board Parallel port 25 pin connector Centronics compatible Serial ports 9 pin connectors RS 232C compatible...

Page 55: ...l 80c287A 12 5 MHz VGA card and VGA monitor TEVA card and CGA EGA monitor Memory expansion 2 Mb Hard disk Hard disks of different capacities Tulip Tape Streamer 60 Mb 1 25 Mb min DOS and Novell suppor...

Page 56: ...verage latency Rotation speed Controller overhead Data transfer rate Data transfer rate Start time typ Stop time max typ Embedded hard disk Miniscribe 40 Mb 8051A 17 Rotary voice coil 2 4 4 embedded 7...

Page 57: ...nt Ambient temperature 5 C to 50 C Relative humidity 8 to 80 Maximum wet bulb 26 C Power requirements DC power 12V DC 5 5V DC 5 Dissipation 8 Watts avg Reliability MTBF 30 000 hours MTTR 10 minutes ty...

Page 58: ...per inch 824 Bytes per sector 512 sectors per track 17 Performance Seek time Track to track 8 ms Average 28 ms Maximum 70 ms Average latency 8 33 ms Rotation speed 3600 rpm Data transfer rate 7 5 Mbi...

Page 59: ...to 80 Maximum wet bulb 26 C Power requirements DC power 12V DC 5 SV DC 5 Dissipation 9 Watts avg Reliability MTBF 50 000 hours MTTR 30 minutes typical Component life 5 years Data reliability 1 non re...

Page 60: ...r requirements DC power Consumption Operating environment Ambient temperature Relative humidity Wet bulb temperature Technical Training Tulip AT Compact 3 55 Cannon MD 3611 MFM 135 tpi 500 I 250 Kbits...

Page 61: ...ng Tulip AT Compact 3 56 Dimensions Length 149 5 mm Width 101 6 mm Height 25 4 mm Weight 43 kg Reliability MTBF 10 000 MTTR 30 minutes c Tulip Computers International Training Department http www comp...

Page 62: ...rd disk interface definition factory set do not change Refer to page 29 14 13 2 1 Jll BIOS ROM select Refer to page 12 2x32 Kb 27256 1 2 3 2x16Kb 27128 J3 4 5 6 Memory size select Refer to page 20 1 2...

Page 63: ...ormal bateries J15 VIDEO See also page 30 pin 1 2 Monochrome card installed 1 2 3 D pin 2 3 CGA or TEVA 2 card installed When a DGA card is installed the DGA cable should be connected to pin 2 3 red t...

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