Parallel Port

Item

Specification

 

 

Optional parallel port IRQ

IRQ5, IRQ7

(in BIOS Setup)

 

 

 

USB Port

Item

Specification

 

 

USB Compliancy Level

1.1/2.0 support

 

 

OHCI

USB 2.0

 

 

Number of USB port

4

 

5V/500 mA per slot

 

 

Location

Rear side

 

 

Other Remarks

3 independent OHCI USB1.1 Host Controller and 1 EHCI USN2.0

 

Host Controller.

 

 

PCMCIA Port

Item

Specification

 

 

PCMCIA controller

TI PCI 7420

 

 

Supports card type

Type II, Tpye III

 

 

Number of slots

Two type II, one type III

 

 

Access location

Left side

 

 

Supports ZV (Zoomed Video) port

Yes

 

 

Supports 32 bit CardBus

Yes (IRQ17)

 

 

Keyboard

Item

Specification

 

 

Keyboard controller

Mitsubishi LPC keyboard controller M38857

 

 

Keyboard vendor & model name

Darfon/Sunrex

 

 

Total number of keypads

84-/85-/88-key

 

 

Windows keys

Yes

 

 

Internal & external keyboard work simultaneously

Yes

 

 

Battery

Item

Specification

 

 

Vendor & model name

Normal: Sanyo/Simplo; Highrate: Sanyo/Sony

 

 

Battery Type

Li-ION

 

 

Pack capacity

2000mAH

 

 

Number of battery cell

8

 

 

Package configuration

4 serial 2 parallel

 

 

Output voltage

14.4Vdc (nominal)

 

 

LCD

Item

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vendor & model name

LCD 15.4" WXGA QDI

LCD 15.4" WXGA AU

LCD 15.4" WXGA

 

 

B154EW01

HITACHI

 

 

 

 

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Acer 1520 manual USB Port, Pcmcia Port, Keyboard, Battery

1520 specifications

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