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IBM ValuePoint - Product description

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Product Description:
PS/ValuePoint Type 6381 and 6382 /S computers contain three drive bays and three I/O adapter card slots. PS/ValuePoint Type 6384, 6384 /D, and 6384 P60/D computers contain five drive bays and five I/O adapter card slots. Type 6387 /T computers contain six drive bays and eight I/O adapter card slots.

Security:
- Power-on password

System Board (Type 6381 SX):
- 8KB internal cache, no external cache
- 4MB RAM pre-installed on the system board.

RAM is installed directly onto the system board using industry standard, 72-pin, 70 ns parity memory modules. There are four sockets to allow a maximum of 64MB (2MB, 4MB, 8MB, and 16MB memory modules are supported). Refer to ¿Computer Memory—.
- 512KB of video memory (DRAM) is standard on the system board. Four video DRAM sockets allow a maximum of 1MB of video DRAM
- Ports include: two serial, one parallel, one keyboard, one mouse, and one video
- Connectors for AT riser card (120-pin), input power (12-pin), AT diskette drives (34-pin), AT hard disk drives (40-pin), power LED (2-pin), hard disk LED (2-pin), beeper (2-pin), and video feature (26-pin)
- Lithium battery

System Board (Type 6381 DX and DX2):
- 8KB internal cache
- Field upgradeable to 128KB or 256KB external cache
- Built-in math coprocessor
- 4MB RAM pre-installed on the system board. RAM is installed directly onto the system board using industry standard, 72-pin, 70 ns parity memory modules. There are four sockets to allow a maximum of 64MB (2MB, 4MB, 8MB, and 16MB memory modules are supported). Refer to ¿Computer Memory—.
- 512KB of video memory (DRAM) is standard on the system board. Four video DRAM sockets allow a maximum of 1MB of video DRAM
- Ports include: two serial, one parallel, one keyboard, one mouse, and one video
- Connectors for AT riser card (120-pin), input power (12-pin), AT diskette drives (34-pin), AT hard disk drives (40-pin), power LED (2-pin), hard disk LED (2-pin), beeper (2-pin), and video feature (26-pin)
- Lithium battery

System Board (Type 6382 /S and 6384 /D):
Models 425SX /S, 425SX /D, 433SX /S, 433SX /D, 433DX /S, 433DX /D, 466DX2 /S, and 466DX2 /D:
- DX and DX2 models have a built-in math coprocessor
- Supports 8KB internal cache and 128KB or 256KB external cache. (External cache is standard on 466DX2 /S and 466DX2 /D, and field upgradeable on 425SX /S, 425SX /D, 433SX /S, 433SX /D, 433DX /S, and 433DX /D)
- RAM is installed directly onto the system board using industry standard, 72-pin, 70 to 85 ns memory modules. There are four sockets to allow a maximum of 64 MB (2MB, 4MB, 8MB, and 16MB memory modules are supported). Refer to ¿Computer Memory—.
- 1 MB of Video memory (DRAM) is soldered on the system board. Two video DRAM sockets allow a maximum of 2MB of video DRAM
- Ports include: two serial, one parallel, one keyboard, one mouse, and one video
- Connectors for AT riser card (120-pin with a 112-pin local bus extension), input power (12-pin), AT diskette drives (34-pin),

AT hard disk drives (40-pin), power LED (2-pin), hard disk LED (2-pin), speaker (2-pin), and video feature (26-pin)ý Lithium battery

System Board (Type 6384) Model 325T:
2MB computer memory and 1MB video memory (DRAM) soldered on system board
- Math coprocessor socket
- Two 72-pin computer memory sockets (accepts 70 to 85 ns). Maximum Memory = 16MB. Refer to ¿Computer
Memory—.
- Ports include: one serial, one parallel, one keyboard, one mouse, and one video
- Connectors for AT* riser card (120-pin), input power (12-pin), AT diskette drives (34-pin), AT hard disk drives (40-pin), power LED (2-pin), hard disk LED (2-pin), and video feature (26-pin)
- Lithium battery

Model 425SX:
- Math coprocessor socket
- Supports 8KB internal cache. (External cache not supported)
- RAM is installed directly onto the system board using industry-standard, 30-pin, 70 or 80 ns memory modules. There are two banks of four sockets to allow a maximum of 32MB. 1MB and 4MB memory modules are supported.

Refer to -- 'System Board Layouts' --. Bank 0 or bank 1 must be filled with the same size memory modules to work properly.
Refer to ¿Computer Memory'.
- 1MB Video memory (DRAM) soldered on the system board
- Ports include: two serial, one parallel, one keyboard, one mouse, and one videoý Connectors for AT riser card (120-pin), input power (12-pin), AT diskette drives (34-pin), AT hard disk drives (40-pin), power LED (2-pin), hard disk LED (2-pin), and video feature (26-pin)
- Lithium battery

Model 433DX (built-in math coprocessor):
- Supports 8KB internal cache and 128KB external cache. (Not field upgradeable)
- RAM is installed directly onto the system board using industry-standard, 30-pin, 70 or 80 ns memory modules. There are two banks of four sockets to allow a maximum of 32 MB (1MB and 4MB memory modules are supported). One or both banks must be filled with the same size memory modules to work properly. Refer to ¿Computer Memory—.
- 1 MB of Video memory (DRAM) soldered on the system boardý Ports include: two serial, one parallel, one keyboard, one mouse, and one video
- Connectors for AT riser card (120-pin), input power (12-pin), AT diskette drives (34-pin), AT hard disk drives (40-pin), power LED (2-pin), hard disk LED (2-pin), and video feature (26-pin)
- Lithium battery

Model 466DX2 (built-in math coprocessor):
- Supports 8KB internal cache and 128KB external cache. (Not field upgradeable)
- RAM is installed directly onto the system board using industry-standard, 30-pin, 70 or 80 ns memory modules. There are two banks of four sockets to allow a maximum of 32 MB (1MB and 4MB memory modules are supported). One or both banks must be filled with the same size memory modules to work properly. Refer to ¿Computer Memory—.
- 1 MB of Video memory (DRAM) soldered on the system board
- Ports include: two serial, one parallel, one keyboard, one mouse, and one video
- Connectors for AT riser card (120-pin), input power (12-pin), AT diskette drives (34-pin), AT hard disk drives (40-pin), power LED (2-pin), hard disk LED (2-pin), and video feature (26-pin)
- Lithium battery

System Board (Type 6384 P60/D) Model Pentium:
- Pentium models have a built-in math coprocessor
- Supports 16KB internal cache and 256KB external cache (standard)ý RAM is installed directly onto the system board using industry standard, 72-pin, 70 ns memory modules. There are four sockets to allow a maximum of 128 MB (4MB, 8MB, 16MB, and 32MB memory modules are supported). Refer to ¿Computer Memory—.
- 1 MB of Video memory (DRAM) is soldered on the system board. Two video DRAM sockets allow a maximum of 2MB of video DRAM
- Ports include: two serial, one parallel, one keyboard, one mouse, and one video
- Connectors for AT riser card (120-pin without a local bus extension), input power (12-pin), AT diskette drives (34-pin), AT hard disk drives (40-pin), power LED (2-pin), hard disk LED (2-pin), speaker (2-pin), and video feature (26-pin)
- Lithium battery

System Board (Type 6387 /T) Models 433DX /T and 466DX2 /T:
- DX and DX2 models have a built-in math coprocessor
- Supports 8KB internal cache and 128KB or 256KB external cache. (466DX2 /T has 128KB external cache standard and is field upgradeable to 256KB. 433DX /T has no standard external cache, but is field upgradeable to 128KB or 256KB external cache.)
- RAM is installed directly onto the system board using industry standard, 72-pin, 70 to 85 ns memory modules. There are four sockets to allow a maximum of 64 MB (2MB, 4MB, 8MB, and 16MB memory modules are supported). Refer to ¿Computer Memory—.
- 1 MB of Video memory (DRAM) is soldered on the system board. Two video DRAM sockets allow a maximum of 2MB of video DRAM
- Ports include: two serial, one parallel, one keyboard, one mouse, and one videoý Connectors for AT riser card (120-pin with a 112-pin local bus extension), input power (12-pin), AT diskette drives (34-pin), AT hard disk drives (40-pin), power LED (2-pin), hard disk LED (2-pin), speaker (2-pin), and video feature (26-pin)
- Lithium battery

Power Supplies (with CPU power switch):
- PS/ValuePoint computers have either a 100-W, 145-W, or 200-W universal voltage power supply with a fan and a connector for a detachable grounded 3-wire power cord. The power cable has five DASD connectors (one 3.5-inch diskette drive minipower connector, and four standard 4-pin power connectors). When the computer is powered off for 10 seconds or more and then powered on, the power supply generates a ¿power good— signal that resets the computer logic.

Cables:
- One signal cable for hard disk drives and one signal cable for diskette drives

Diskette Drives:
- 3.5-inch 1.44MB Slimline diskette drive in all models
- 5.25-inch 1.2MB diskette drive (optional)

Hard Disk Drives:
Hard disks are 3.5-inch Slimline AT drives with 18 ms average access time.
- 80MB with 32KB of ¿look-ahead— cache
- 120MB with 64KB of ¿look-ahead— cache
- 170MB with 32/64KB of ¿look-ahead— cache
- 212MB with 64KB of ¿look-ahead— cacheý 245MB with 64KB of ¿look-ahead— cache
- 340MB with 96KB of ¿look-ahead— cache
- 420MB with 64KB of ¿look-ahead— cache
- 527MB with 256KB of ¿look-ahead— cache

Keyboard:
- Enhanced 101- or 102-key keyboard with 1.8 m (6 ft.) cable

Mouse with 1.8 m (6 ft.) cable

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Date Created

16-12-96

Last Updated

08-05-98

Revision Date

29-04-99

Brand

IBM PC

Product Family

ValuePoint

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