Mitsubishi Electric Apricot LS700 Owner's Handbook Manual page 55

BIOS Features
PCI Auto-configuration
Expansion Slots
Real-time Clock and CMOS RAM
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Industry standard diskette drive controller that supports
720 KB, 1.44 MB, and 2.88 MB floppy drives (at 135
tracks per inch); and the older 360 KB and 1.2 MB drives.
The BIOS, from American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), provides
ISA and PCI compatibility. The BIOS is contained in a
Flash memory device soldered to the motherboard. The
BIOS provides the POST, the Setup program, a PCI and
IDE auto-configuration utility, and BIOS recovery code. For
full information see the 'BIOS and Setup' chapter.
The PCI auto-configuration utility works in conjunction
with the Setup program to support using PCI add-in cards
in the computer. When you turn on the power after
installing a PCI card, the BIOS automatically configures
interrupts, DMA channels, and I/O space.
Since PCI add-in cards use the same interrupt resources as
ISA add-in cards, you must specify the interrupts used by
ISA cards in the Setup program.
The motherboard
ISA/AT-compatible and three dedicated PCI-compatible
expansion slots. Another expansion slot is a combination slot
that can be used for either a PCI or an ISA card. This allows
you to install a maximum of six add-in cards.
The I/O controller provides a real-time clock and CMOS
RAM. You can set the time for the clock and the CMOS
values by using the Setup program described in the BIOS
Chapter. This will need to be carried out if there is a
requirement to change the CMOS battery, as detailed over.
S y s t e m m o t h e r b o a r d
has two dedicated
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