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, the command and status organization of these interfaces is maintained.

The functional interfaces for the computer are compatible with the following:

The Intel 8259 interrupt controllers (edge trigger mode).

The

Intel

8254

timers

driven from 1.193 MHz

(channels

0, 1, and

2).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Intel 8237 DMA controller-address/transfer counters, page

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.

 

 

The NS16550 serial communications controller.

The Intel Pentium microprocessor.

The Intel 8086**, 8088**, 80286**, 80386**, and i486DX microprocessors.

The Intel 8087**, 80287**, and 80387** math coprocessors.

The

Intel 82077AA** diskette drive controller.

 

 

The

keyboard interface at addresses hex 0060

and hex

0064.

Display modes supported by the IBM Monochrome

Display

and

Printer Adapter, the

IBM Color/Graphics Monitor

Adapter,

and the

IBM Enhanced Graphics

Adapter.

 

 

The parallel printer ports (Parallel 1, Parallel 2, and Parallel 3) in compatibility mode.

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IBM 600 manual Hardware Compatibility

600 specifications

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