SMC Networks 1232 Series user manual Peripherals, VGA interface

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¾Two cascaded 8259 interrupt controllers (15 interrupt channels)

¾Three 8254 counter/timers (There are no extra timers)

¾Three extra timers

Peripherals

¾Two serial ports UART 16550A-compatible: one selectable between RS232/422/485 and one RS232 only

¾One bidirectional parallel port: selectable between EPP, ECP, SPP

¾One USB port compliant with the Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI)

¾One AC97 port (CODEC board needed)

¾One floppy disk interface available on the parallel port (J5) through an external adapter, or on FPC (Flat Printed Circuit) connector (J15). They are mutually exclusive so only one FDD can be used

¾One PC/AT keyboard interface

¾One PS/2 mouse connector

¾One speaker port

¾One standard EIDE HD interface

¾One 10/100 Fast Ethernet Controller (RJ45 Ethernet Adapter needed)

¾Software programmable watchdog from 1 second to 255 seconds or from 1 minute to 255 minutes

¾Real time clock (external battery required for date and time backup)

BIOS

¾The Parvus/Eurotech BIOS is stored into a reprogrammable on board device.

¾Utilities for BIOS upgrade provided in the utility disk

¾Setup parameters stored in Flash memory

¾Virtual Peripheral (V.P.) operating mode: remote control of the CPU module through the serial port.

¾Boot selectable from floppy, SSD, HD, CD-ROM and V.P.

¾Fast Boot selectable

¾Embedded features implemented

VGA interface

¾Backward compatibility to SVGA standards

¾Full VGA and VESA mode support

¾2D graphics accelerator

¾Display Compression Technology architecture

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