System Unit - Digital Equipment AlphaStation 500 Series User Information

System Overview

System Unit

Your AlphaStation 500 Series system uses a high-performance Alpha architecture CPU.
The system unit includes:
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Two accessible I/O bays: one for 3.5 inch x 1 inch floppy disk or 3.5 inch tape devices
and one for 5.25 inch x 1.6 inch CD-ROM
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Two non-accessible I/O bays: one that can accommodate a single 3.5 inch x 1.6 inch
device or two 3.5 x 1 inch devices. The bay below the floppy drive will accommodate
a single 3.5 inch x 1.6 inch hard drive (not available with tape option).
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Diskette controller that supports one diskette drive
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Integrated PCI-based SCSI-2 controller with Direct Memory Access and external
SCSI-2 connector that supports up to five SCSI devices. Initial offerings of the
AlphaStation 500 support Fast/Wide 10Mb/sec SCSI which will be phased into
Fast/Wide 20 Mb/sec SCSI.
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ThinWire or twisted-pair Ethernet ports.
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Four expansion slots - one for 64-bit PCI options; three slots for 32-bit PCI options.
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Eight industry standard DIMM connectors for a maximum of 1 GB.
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Keyboard and mouse
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Two serial ports and one bi-directional parallel port
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Built-in 16-bit audio card
Refer to Appendix C, Technical Specifications, for additional information.
See the Digital WorkStation Web Page for the latest details.
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