Ampro Corporation 5001451A

System Memory................................................................................................................................. 2–9

ROM BIOS..................................................................................................................................2–10

Shadowing..................................................................................................................................2–10

BIOS Recovery ...........................................................................................................................2–10

Interrupt and DMA Channel Usage.................................................................................................2–10

Battery-Backed Clock.......................................................................................................................2–12

Serial Ports.......................................................................................................................................2–12

I/O Addresses and Interrupt Assignments ................................................................................2–13

ROM-BIOS Installation of the Serial Ports ...............................................................................2–13

Serial Port Connectors (J8, J11) ................................................................................................2–13

Serial TTL Option ......................................................................................................................2–15

Ampro Custom Serial Features..................................................................................................2–15

Serial Console Features .............................................................................................................2–15

Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports....................................................................................................2–17

Infrared (IrDA) Interface.................................................................................................................2–18

Requirements for an IrDA Interface..........................................................................................2–18

IrDA Connector (Part of Utility J19) .........................................................................................2–18

Multi-Mode Parallel Port .................................................................................................................2–19

I/O Addresses and Interrupts ....................................................................................................2–19

ROM-BIOS Installation of Parallel Ports ..................................................................................2–19

DMA Channels ...........................................................................................................................2–20

Parallel Port Connector (J9) ......................................................................................................2–20

IEEE-1284-compliant Cables.....................................................................................................2–21

Latch-Up Protection...................................................................................................................2–22

Parallel Port Registers...............................................................................................................2–22

Standard and Bidirectional Operation ......................................................................................2–22

Enabling the Parallel Port Interrupt.........................................................................................2–23

Floppy Disk Interface.......................................................................................................................2–25

Floppy Drive Considerations......................................................................................................2–25

Floppy Interface Configuration..................................................................................................2–25

Floppy Interface Connector (J14) ..............................................................................................2–26

EIDE Hard Disk Interface ...............................................................................................................2–26

IDE Interface Configuration......................................................................................................2–28

CompactFlash Solid-State Disk .......................................................................................................2–28

Enabling the Drive.....................................................................................................................2–28

Master/Slave Setting..................................................................................................................2–28

Solid-State Disk Preparation .....................................................................................................2–28

Audio Interface.................................................................................................................................2–29

Audio Amplifier..........................................................................................................................2–29

Audio Interface Connector .........................................................................................................2–29

Flat Panel/CRT Video Controller.....................................................................................................2–32

Connecting a Flat Panel (J15)....................................................................................................2–33

BIOS Support of Standard Flat Panels......................................................................................2–35

Connecting a CRT (J17) .............................................................................................................2–35

Disabling the Video Controller ..................................................................................................2–37

Ethernet Network Interface.............................................................................................................2–37

Hardware Description................................................................................................................2–37