U s i n g t h e B I O S S e t u p U t i l i t y

System Summary

This page cannot be edited, but gives a summary of the main system settings. Changes made in other pages will be reflected here. Make a note of the information on this page before you make any changes.

Devices and I/O Ports

Serial Ports A & B (COM1 & COM2)

This allows you to select the I/O ports and interrupts used by the two serial ports. It is best to leave these at the default settings. Do not disable the serial ports unless you are absolutely sure you are not going to need them.

Parallel Port

This allows you to set the I/O port and interrupt used by the parallel port. You can select Standard or Extended port modes. To get EPP mode you may have to change the I/O port setting.

Parallel port mode

Description

Standard

Used for output only.

Extended Bi-directional

Simple two-way data.

EPP

Enhanced Parallel Port mode.

ECP

Extended Capabilities Port mode.

Any parallel port devices that you may wish to attach, such as a tape streamer or external hard drive, should have full instructions supplied with them that will tell you if the port capabilities need to be altered to one of the extended options above.

Diskette Drives A & B

This lets you specify what diskette and floppy disk drives are fitted. Diskette drive A, which is fitted by default, is invariably a 1.44 Mbyte 3.5" drive. If a second floppy disk is fitted, it is usually a 1.2 Mbyte 5.25" drive.

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