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Serial interface signals are output through the system board 9-pin, D-subconnectors. The
connectors are located at the rear of the system unit. Pin locations for the serial interface
connector are shown in Appendix A.
USB Interface
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports allow new Plug and Play serial devices to be added
without having to open the system. The devices may be plugged into a USB port. The USB
determines system resources for each peripheral and assigns them without user intervention.
With a hub and the proper cabling, up to 127 devices can be daisy chained to a single
computer. Boot support for a USB keyboard is present so the system can be booted with a
USB keyboard instead of a standard keyboard.
Video Interface
The system board features the S3 Trio 64 ViRGE/GX 3D accelerator chip with 2 MB of
video SGRAM soldered on the system board.
The video and graphics controller accelerates color space conversion and video upscaling to
deliver exceptional graphics and high quality MPEG and video playback and true
multimedia functionality. MPEG is a compression/decompression standard developed by a
professional video group called the Motion Picture Experts Group. MPEG produces full-
screen, 30-frames-per-second, broadcast-quality digital video.
The graphics accelerator chip provides:
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Outstanding TV-quality video playback
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Accelerated multimedia and application performance
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Brilliant true color graphics
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Razor-sharp photo-realistic images
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Ultra-fast game action
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Texture mapping performance for 3D games, 3D Web browsing, 3D
presentations, and other 3D applications.
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