Onboard Floppy Disk Controller; Onboard Ide Primary Channel - Acer AcerAltos 21000 System Manual

This item allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port.
The table below lists the different operation modes.
Setting
Standard Parallel Port (SPP)
Standard and Bidirectional
Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP)
Extended Capabilities Port
(ECP)
This item becomes
Capabilities Port (ECP)
assign DMA channel 1 or DMA channel 3 for the ECP parallel port
function (as required in Windows 95).

Onboard Floppy Disk Controller

This parameter lets you enable or disable the onboard floppy disk
controller.

Onboard IDE Primary Channel

This parameter lets you enable or disable the primary IDE channel.
When enabled, it allows you access the devices connected to the
primary channel.
devices.
BIOS Utility
Operation Mode
Allows normal speed one-way
operation
Allows normal speed operation in a
two-way mode
Allows bidirectional parallel port
operation at maximum speed
Allows parallel port to operate in
bidirectional mode and at a speed
higher than the maximum data
transfer rate
ECP DMA Channel
active only
as the operation mode. It allows you to
When disabled, it deactivates the connected
Function
if you select
Extended
4-27