Audio Interface

Item

Specification

 

 

Music synthesizer

Yes, internal FM synthesizer

 

 

Sampling rate

48 KHz (max.)

 

 

MPU-401 UART support

Yes

 

 

Microphone jack

Supported

 

 

Headphone jack

Supported

 

 

IDE Interface

Item

Specification

 

 

IDE controller

SiS962

 

 

IDE controller resident bus

PCI bus

 

 

Number of IDE channel

2

 

 

Support IDE interface

E-IDE (up to PIO mode-4 and Ultra DMA 33/66), ANSIS ATA rev.3.0 ATAPI

 

 

Support bootable CD-ROM

Yes

 

 

Floppy disk drive Interface

Item

Specification

 

 

Floppy disk drive controller

SMSC LPC47M192

 

 

Floppy disk drive controller resident bus

LPC interface

 

 

Support FDD format

360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, 2.88MB

 

 

Parallel Port

Item

Specification

 

 

Parallel port controller

SMSC LPC47M192

 

 

Parallel port controller resident bus

LPC interface

 

 

Number of parallel ports

1

 

 

Support ECP/EPP

SPP / Bi-directional / ECP / EPP

 

 

Connector type

25-pin D-type female connector

 

 

Parallel port function control

Enable/disable by BIOS Setup

 

 

Optional ECP DMA channel

DMA channel 1

(in BIOS Setup)

DMA channel 3

 

 

Optional parallel port I/O address

378h

(via BIOS Setup)

278h

 

 

Optional parallel port IRQ

IRQ5

(via BIOS Setup)

IRQ7

 

 

Serial Port

Item

Specification

 

 

Serial port controller

SMSC LPC47M192

 

 

Serial port controller resident bus

LPC interface

 

 

Number of serial port

1

 

 

16550 UART support

Yes

 

 

Connector type

9-pin D-type female connector

 

 

Optional serial port I/O address

COM1: 2F8h, 3E8h, 2E8h

(via BIOS Setup)

 

 

 

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Acer 1700 manual IDE Interface, Floppy disk drive Interface, Parallel Port, Serial Port

1700 specifications

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