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Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports ...................................................................................................2–22
Infrared (IrDA) Interface.................................................................................................................2–23
Requirements for an IrDA interface..........................................................................................2–23
IrDA Connector (Part of J24).....................................................................................................2–23
Multi-Mode Parallel Port.................................................................................................................2–23
I/O Addresses and Interrupts....................................................................................................2–24
DMA Channels...........................................................................................................................2–24
Parallel Port Connector (J15)....................................................................................................2–25
Parallel Port Registers...............................................................................................................2–27
Standard and Bi-Directional Operation ....................................................................................2–27
Floppy Disk Interface ......................................................................................................................2–31
Floppy Drive Considerations.....................................................................................................2–31
Floppy Interface Configuration .................................................................................................2–31
Floppy Interface Connector (J14) ..............................................................................................2–32
EIDE Hard Disk Interface...............................................................................................................2–33
IDE Interface Configuration......................................................................................................2–35
Compact Flash Solid-State Disk......................................................................................................2–35
Enabling the Drive.....................................................................................................................2–36
Master/Slave Setting..................................................................................................................2–36
Solid-State Disk Preparation.....................................................................................................2–36
UltraSCSI INTERFACE ..................................................................................................................2–36
UltraSCSI Connector.................................................................................................................2–36
SCSI Interface Configuration....................................................................................................2–37
Flat Panel/CRT Video Controller.....................................................................................................2–39
Connecting a Flat Panel (J3).....................................................................................................2–39
BIOS Support of Standard Flat Panels .....................................................................................2–42
The LCD Bias Supply Option (J4) .............................................................................................2–42
Connecting a CRT (J5)...............................................................................................................2–44
ZV Port Interface (J6)................................................................................................................2–45
Disabling the Video Controller..................................................................................................2–46
Ethernet Network Interface ............................................................................................................2–47
Hardware Description................................................................................................................2–47
Ethernet RJ-45 Interface Connector (J7)..................................................................................2–47
Ethernet Interface Software......................................................................................................2–47
Ethernet Setup...........................................................................................................................2–48
Setting up a Boot PROM............................................................................................................2–49
Ethernet Indicator LEDs...........................................................................................................2–49
Watchdog Timer...............................................................................................................................2–50
Utility Connectors (J16, J24)...........................................................................................................2–51
LED Connection.........................................................................................................................2–52
Speaker Connections..................................................................................................................2–52
Push-button Reset Connection ..................................................................................................2–52
Keyboard Connection.................................................................................................................2–52
Utility 2 Connector (J24)...........................................................................................................2–53
PC/104
-Plus
EXPANSION BUS.......................................................................................................2–54
On-board MiniModule Expansion..............................................................................................2–54
Using Standard PC and AT Bus Cards......................................................................................2–55