1-16 Technical Information
SERIAL INTERFACE
The RS-232C serial port is a 9-pin connector on the system’s rear panel. The serial port
consists of a 16550A compatible serial port controller with a programmable baud rate up to
115,200 bps. The serial port connects an RS-232C device or an external modem. The de-
fault serial port address is 3F8h and the interrupt level is IRQ04.
NEC VERSA CHIP SET
Refer to Table Section 1-3 for a quick summary of the chip types used in the system. See
the Abbreviations section at the beginning of this manual for a translation of chip technolo-
gies acronyms.
Table Section 1-3
NEC Versa 2600 Series Chip Types and Technologies
Chip
Manufacturer
Description
Technology
Intel Pentium P54CSLM
Intel Pentium P55CL
Intel
Intel
133 MHz CPU
150MMX
320-pin TCP
320-pin TCP
N28F020-150
Intel
256k x 8 Flash ROM
32-pin TSOP
82C557M
Opti Viper N+
System Controller
208-pin TQFP
82C556M
Opti Viper N+
Data Path Controller
176-pin TQFP
82C558E
Opti Viper N+
PCI IDE ISA Xcelerator
208-pin TQFP
PC87336VJG
National
Semiconductor
Diskette Controller, IDE,
Parallel Interface
100-pin QFP
H8/3434
Hitachi
Keyboard Controller
100-pin TQFP
C&T 65550B
Chips &
Technologies
VGA Controller
208-pin FQFP
OZ6730D
O2 Micro
PC Card Controller
208-pin PQFP
ESS1688
ESS
Sound Controller
100-pin PQFP
Intel Pentium P55CLM Microprocessor
The 133 MHz Intel Pentium microprocessor used in the NEC Versa series computer is built
on Intel’s advanced 3.3V BiCMOS silicon technology. The CPU has power management
features. NEC adopted the chip specifically for its pipelined Floating Point Unit (FPU), and
local interrupt management.
256K X Flash ROM
The N28F020 flash ROM is a 40-pin, (TSOP). The chip allows easy updates to the system's
BIOS if needed. More specifically, the ROM is flashed electronically, installing the latest
BIOS revisions to the system. It is possible to reprogram the BIOS up to 100,000 times.
See Section 2, Setup and Operation, for BIOS update procedures.