NEC POWERMATE VE - SERVICE MANUAL 05-1996 Service Manual page 17

1-4 Technical Information
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two intelligent drive electronics (IDE) interface channels
one fast IDE/PCI channel (primary connector) used by the hard disk drive to
transfer data at the hard disk's optimum rate
one standard IDE channel (secondary connector) for the CD-ROM reader
supports up to four IDE devices, two to each channel
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power management for placing system in power save mode when idle for a
specified amount of time
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3 1/2-inch, 1.44-MB diskette drive standard all configurations
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four expansion slots: two ISA, one PCI, and one shared ISA/PCI connectors
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external connectors for connecting the following external devices:
VGA-compatible monitor (standard, super, high-resolution VGA)
personal system/2 (PS/2
PS/2-style keyboard
bidirectional Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) and enhanced capabilities port
(ECP) are supported for a parallel printer
serial devices through two buffered 16C550 UART serial ports, each
supporting up to 19.2 KB per second
external speakers, microphone, and headphone connectors (multimedia and
network/multimedia configurations only)
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MIDI/joystick connector on the system board for installation of an optional
MIDI/joystick kit
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Audio Wave upgrade connector on the system board for installation of an
optional Wave upgrade.
Table Section 1-2 lists the major chips on the system board. See Appendix A, Connector
Pin Assignments, for a list of the system board connectors. See Appendix B, System Board
Jumpers, for a description of board jumpers.
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