Chapter 1
Introduction
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hard drive. The mechanical assembly of the PXI-8170 mounts these devices
to the PXI-8170 main board so you can remove the entire unit intact. This
eases integration issues and cabling. The PXI-8170 plugs directly into the
system controller slot and expands to the left, thus preserving all usable PXI
slots for user-defined peripheral devices.
PXI-8170 Series Models
Currently, the PXI-8170 Series consists of a 450 MHz Pentium III model
and a 700 MHz Pentium III model.
The PXI-8170 comes complete with a 3.5 in. 1.44 MB floppy drive, Super
VGA with 2 MB SGRAM, a serial port, an IEEE 1284 parallel port, a PS/2
keyboard and mouse, a USB connector, and software installed.
Memory
The PXI-8170 and its memory sockets are easily accessible so you can
install additional DRAM in the field. You can install up to 256 MB of
10 ns SDRAM, using two 144-pin SO-DIMMS.
For information on adding RAM by installing SO-DIMMs, refer to
Appendix B,
Hard Drive
The PXI-8170 contains at least a 4 GB internal, enhanced IDE hard disk.
System Slot Functionality
You can use the PXI-8170 computers to achieve full PXI system slot
control of your PXI system. In the system slot, the PXI-8170 provides
master/slave capabilities to all slots in the PXI system.
Front Panel Features
The PXI-8170 Series has the following front-panel features:
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Internal 3.5 in. floppy drive
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System reset push-button (hold for ~ 2 seconds for reset to assert)
