
Attention
When changing your startup sequence, you must be extremely careful when doing write operations (such as copying, saving, or formatting). Your data or programs can be overwritten if you select the wrong drive.
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Hardware Compatibility
The computer supports most of the interfaces used by the IBM Personal Computer AT* and the Personal System/2* (PS/2*)
products. In many cases, command and status organization of these interfaces are maintained.
The functional interfaces for the computer are compatible with the following:
Ÿ | The | Intel | 8259 | interrupt controllers | (edge | trigger mode). |
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Ÿ | The | Intel | 8254 | timers driven from | 1.193 | MHz (channels 0, | 1, and |
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ŸThe Intel 8237 DMA
registers, and | status | fields only. The command and request | |||
registers, | and | the | rotate and | mask functions, are not supported. | |
The mode | register | is | partially | supported. |
Ÿ The NS16550 serial communications controller.
ŸThe Intel Pentium microprocessor (ThinkPador 560)
the Intel Pentium processor with the MMX technology (ThinkPad 560E).
ŸThe Intel 8086**, 8088**, 80286**, 80386**, and i486DX microprocessors.
Ÿ | The | Intel | 8087**, 80287**, 80387** math coprocessors. | |
Ÿ | The | Intel | 82077AA** diskette | drive controller. |
Ÿ | The | keyboard interface at | addresses hex 0060 and hex 0064. |
ŸDisplay modes supported by the IBM Monochrome Display and
| Printer | Adapter, the | IBM Color/Graphics Monitor Adapter, and the | |
| IBM Enhanced | Graphics Adapter. | ||
ThinkPad | 560/560E | System | Board |