Chapter 1 Introduction; J14 - Serial Port - DTK PAM-0057I User Manual

CHAPTER 1
Preface
The motherboard is a 4-layer, 2/3 baby AT size high-performance mainboard. It includes Intel
82430TX system chipset, Winbond W83877F/W83877TF Super I/O controller.
Features
Processor
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Intel Pentium P54C, P55C series.
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Cyrix 6x86, Cyrix 6x86L; AMD-K5 and AMD-K6 series 64-bit microprocessors.
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The mainboard can run with following speeds:
90, 100, 110, 120, 133, 150, 166, 200, 233, 266 and 300MHz
Chipset
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Intel 82439TX (Intel 82430TX System Controller)
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Intel 82371AB (PCI ISA IDE Xcelerator)
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Winbond W83877F (Super I/O Controller)
Cache Size
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Synchronised Pipelined Burst Mode SRAM to achieve the high Pentium system
performance.
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Cache size is 0/256/512KB.
Main Memory
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Support Mixed Memory Technologies: EDO (Extend Data Output), Standard Page Mode
(SPM), Fast Page Mode (FPM), and Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) SIMM can work
together.
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Memory configurations from 4MB to 256MB are possible using combination of 512K*32 to
8M*32 SIMM module (32Bits no-parity 72-pin SIMM Module) and 2M*32 to 8M*32
SDRAM DIMM Module.
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DIMM socket for SDRAM (3.3V unbuffered).
Multi I/O
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On board Multi-I/O supports two serial, one parallel ports and floppy drive controller.
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Serial ports are 16550 Fast UART compatible.
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Parallel port has EPP and ECP capabilities.
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PS/2 mouse and keyboard supported.
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IrDA supported.
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Dual standard USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports supported.
INTRODUCTION
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