EPSON ActionNote 650

Notebook Specifications

CPU and Memory

CPU

Cyrix SL-enhanced Cx486DX2-50

 

microprocessor; includes built-in math

 

coprocessor, 8KB of internal cache, and

 

power management features; cache can be

 

enabled or disabled using the SCU

System speed

Maximum speed (50 MHz) and low speed

 

 

(12 MHz) available; speed selection

 

 

through keyboard commands

Memory

 

4MB RAM standard on the system board;

 

 

expandable to 8MB, 12MB, or 20MB using

 

 

a 4MB, 8MB, or 16MB memory module

ROM

 

128KB Flash ROM device containing the

 

 

system and VGA BIOS and System

 

 

Configuration utility (SCU) code

Video RAM

512KE DRAM supports resolutions up to

 

 

640 x 480 in 256 colors on the color LCD

 

 

and up to 1024 x 768 in 16 or 800 x 600 in

 

 

256 colors on an external monitor

Shadow RAM

Supports shadowing of 128KB of system

 

 

and video BIOS ROM into RAM

Clock /

 

Real-time clock, calendar, and CMOS

calendar

 

RAM; backed up by internal battery

Video

 

Chips and Technology® 32-bit local bus

 

 

interface to the microprocessor; supports

 

 

enhanced video modes on an external

 

 

monitor; supports resolutions up to 640 x

 

 

480 in 256 colors on the color LCD and up

 

 

to 1024 x 768 in 16 or 800 x 600 in 256

 

 

colors on an external monitor; display

 

 

mode selectable using the SCU or

 

 

Fn F12 command

Diskette

drive

Built-in super I/O controller for one

 

 

internal 3.5-inch diskette drive; supports

 

 

720KB and 1.44MB formats

Hard disk

Built-in super I/O controller has interface

 

 

to one 2.5-inch long, 12.5 mm high IDE

 

 

internal hard disk drive; drive

 

 

compartment can accommodate drives up

 

 

to 19 mm high by removing spacer

PCMCIA

 

Built-in controller for PCMCIA version

 

 

2.1, Type I, II, or III cards; supports up to

 

 

two stacked Type I and Type II cards or

 

 

one Type III card; JEIDA 4.1 compatible;

 

 

supports standby and suspend modes;

 

 

supports hot insertion (including ExCA

 

 

standards)

Interfaces

 

External

VGA

15-pin, D-sub, female connector for analog

 

 

monitor

Parallel

 

Centronics® compatible; 25-pin, D-sub,

 

 

female connector; supports normal (S-bit

 

 

AT compatible, unidirectional) and

 

 

bidirectional (16-bit PS/2 compatible)

 

 

modes

10/25/94

AN650-1