Chapter 1 Introduction - Shuttle MB11 User Manual

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NTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of the Shuttle Spacewalker TM MB11/MZ11
computer mainboard.
The MB11/MZ11 mainboard is a highly integrated IBM PC/ATX compatible
system board designed to meet the industry's most demanding desktop applications.
The MB11 based on the Intel 82443BX AGPset chipset and MZ11 based on the
82443ZX AGPset chipset which both support up to 500MHz PPGA Celeron
processor with MMX technology.
MB11/MZ11 is equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port (A.G.P.), a high-
performance interconnect for graphic-intensive application, such as 3D applications.
The A.G.P. is independent of the PCI bus and is designed to exclusively use with
graphical-display devices. The MB11/MZ11 supports 3.3V A.G.P. devices with
data transfer rates up to 133 MHz, allowing data throughput of 500 MB/sec.
The Intel's 82443BX/82443ZX AGPset chipset provide an integrated Bus Mastering
IDE controller with two high performance IDE interfaces which allows
up to four IDE devices connection and up to 33 MB/sec of data transfer rates.
Onboard Creative ES1373 is an advanced PCI audio controller, it is compatible with
Microsoft Windows, DirectX and Adlib Music Synthesizer, Sound Blaster Pro and
supports thousands of DOS games.
The on-board I/O controller provides standard PC I/O functions:
floppy drive interface, two FIFO serial ports, an InDA device port and a SPP/EPP/
ECP capable parallel port.
MB11 and MZ11 are built with three PCI local bus slots providing a high band-
width data path for data-movement intensive functions such as graphics, and with
one ISA slot.
MB11/MZ11 provides the foundation for cost effective, high performance and
highly expandable platforms, which delivers the latest in the Intel PPGA Celeron
processor and new advanced chipset technology.
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