NEW EPSON ActionPC 5000, ActionTower 5000

Cache

8KB of internal cache; supports 64KB,

 

128KB, or 256KB of external cache using

 

28-pin, 8 x 8 or 32 x 8, 20ns DIP chips; in

 

486DX/50 or Pentium OverDrive systems,

 

use a 15ns tag chip.

Math

Math coprocessor built into the

coprocessor

microprocessor for DX, DX2, DX4, and

 

Pentium OverDrive systems

Clock/

Contained in the 82C491 system controller

calendar

chip along with 64 bytes of CMOS RAM,

 

backed up by a soldered NiCad

 

rechargeable battery

Controllers

 

Video

Cirrus Logic GD5428 high-speed, super

 

VGA local bus controller with True Color”

 

support; provides resolutions up to

 

1280 x 1024 in 256 colors; True Color

 

support in the 640 x 480 resolution

Diskette

Controller on main system board supports

 

up to two diskette drives or one diskette

 

drive and a tape drive

Hard disk

Energy Star compliant, high-speed, 32-bit

 

local bus IDE interface on main system

 

board supports up to two IDE hard disk

 

drives with built-in controller; BIOS

 

provides hard disk auto-sensing function

Interfaces

 

Monitor

Energy Star compliant VGA interface for

 

fixed or multi-frequency monitor built into

 

system board; 15-pin, D-shell connector

Parallel

One standard, 8-bit, parallel,

 

unidirectional or bidirectional interface

 

built into main system board; 25-pin,

 

D-shell connector; operation controllable

 

by SETUP option

Serial

Two RS-232C, programmable,

 

asynchronous interfaces built into main

 

system board; 9-pin, D-shell connectors

Keyboard

PS/2 compatible keyboard interface built

 

into main system board; 6-pin, mini DIN

 

connector

Option slots

Speaker

Mass Storage

Diskette drive types

Hard disk drive types

Other devices

Keyboard

Action PC:

Connector card with five 16-bit, ISA compatible expansion slots; three full-length and two half-length; two of the full-length slots are also VESA local bus compatible

ActionTower:

Connector card with five full-length, 16-bit, I/O expansion slots; ISA compatible; two of the full-length slots are also VESA local bus compatible

Internal

ActionPC:

Internal mount:

One 3%~inch wide, one-inch high drive

Externally accessible mounts:

One 3 &nch wide, one-inch high drive and two 5%+inch wide, half-height drives

ActionTower:

Front internal mount:

One 3*h-inch wide, half-height drive Rear internal mounts:

Two 3%+inch wide, half-height drives or one 31/1-inch wide, full-height drive

Externally accessible mounts:

Two 31&inch wide, third-height drives and two 5’/4-inch wide, half-height drives

3.5-inch diskette drive, 720KB or 1.44MB storage capacity; 5.25-inch diskette drive, 360KB or 1.2MB storage capacity; or combination 3.5-inch/5.25-inch diskette drive

5!&inch or 3lh-inch form factor hard disk drive(s), up to half-height size; maximum of two drives

Half-height tape drive, CD-ROM drive, optical drive, or other storage device; 5%nch, or 3%nch with mounting frames

Detachable, two-position height; 101 or 102 sculpted keys; country-dependent main typewriter keyboard; numeric/ cursor control keypad; four-key cursor

Mouse

Optional game port

PS/2 compatible mouse interface built into main system board; 6-pin mini DIN connector

Optional 10-pin game port interface on system board; can control joy-stick functions with the addition of a port connector

Mouse

control keypad; 12 function keys

Detachable, two-button, PS/2 compatible

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