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Aptiva - 2144/2168 (SL-H/I) Hardware interfaces

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Hardware Interfaces:
The following peripheral interfaces for adapters, options, and drives are supported in the system unit.

Table 1-1 Hardware Interfaces

Item

Interface

Hard disk drives

AT IDE local bus interface (American National Standards Institute - ANSI)

Input/output (I/O)adapter cards

Adapters that are IBM AT compatible and operate at 8MHz. VESA local bus adapter cards and Plug and Play adapter cards are supported.

Diskette drives

AT diskette interface

Math coprocessor

Intel or equivalent



Video

Resolution

Colors

Video Memory

For refresh rates and monitor frequency settings, see ¿Refresh Rates and Monitor Frequencies—.

640x480

16

512KB

Physical interface
is compatible with the IBM PersonalSystem/2 (PS/2)
VGA interface.

640x480

256

512KB

640x480

65,535

1024KB

640x480

16,777,216

1024KB

800x600

16

512KB

800x600

256

512KB

800x600

65,535

1024KB

1024x768

16

512KB

1024x768

256

1024KB

1280x1024

16

1024KB




Serial

9-pin connector with RS232D electrical interface

Parallel

Bidirectional. ECP bidirectional and EPP
bidirectional interfaces are supported.

Pointing device

IBM PS/2-compatible mouse

Keyboard device

IBM PS/2-compatible enhanced keyboard

CD-ROM drive

AT IDE, extended architecture (XA) enabled drive

Sound adapter card

MM3: Sound Blaster (Creative Labs, Inc.)MM4: Aria 16 (Prometheus Products, Inc.) MWave: Combination Modem/Sound Card

Joystick

Industry-standard device


Refresh Rates and Monitor Frequencies:
This section provides the refresh rates and monitor frequencies for Type I-1 and Type I-2 system boards.

Refresh Rates and Monitor Frequencies - Type I-1
The following table lists the vertical refresh rates for the TypeI -1 system board that contains a Cirrus video chip.

Table 1-2. Vertical Refresh Rates (Hz)
Type I-1 System Board with a 5434 Video Chip

Resolution

640x480

800x600

1024x768

1280x1024

Allowed
Colors

16 to
16,000,000

16 to
64,000

16 to 256

16


Monitor Frequency (Maximum Horizontal Frequency) - Hz

31.5 KHz

60

-

-

-

35.5 KHz

60

56

87(i)

_

37.9 KHz

72 (1)

60

87(i)

_

48 KHz

72 (1)

75 (2)

60

_

56 KHz

72 (1)

72 (2)

70

87(i)

62 KHz

72 (1)

75 (2)

75

87(i)


(1) 16,000,000 colors uses 60 Hz.
(2) 64,000 colors uses 60 Hz.
(i) Interlaced

Refresh Rates and Monitor Frequencies - Type I-2

The following table lists the vertical refresh rates for the Type I-2 system board that contains a Trident 9680XGi video chip.

Table 1-3. Vertical Refresh Rates (Hz)
Type I-2 System Board with a Trident 9680XGi Video Chip

Resolution

640x480

800x600

1024x768

1280x1024

Allowed Colors

16 to
16,000,000

16 to
64,000

16 to 256

16


Monitor Frequency (Maximum Horizontal Frequency) - Hz

31.5 KHz

60

_

_

_

31.5- 36.9 KHz

60

60

87 (i)

_

37.0- 37.9 KHz

72 (1)

60

87 (i)

_

38.0- 48.9 KHz

85 (1)

75 (3)

60

_

49.0- 59.9 KHz

85 (1)

85 (2,3)

70 (4)

87 (i)

60.0- 67.9 KHz

85 (1)

85 (2,3)

75

87 (i)

68.0+

85 (1)

85 (2,3)

75

60,96(i)


(1) 60 Hz at 16,000,000 colors with 1MB DRAM.
(2) 75 Hz at 64,000 colors with 1MB DRAM.
(3) 60 Hz at 16,000,000 colors with 2MB DRAM.
(4) 60 Hz at 64,000 colors with 2MB DRAM.
(i) Interlaced

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Hardware Installation/Configuration, Diskette Drives, Hard Drives, Video, Display/Monitor, CD-ROM Drives, Input Devices

Date Created

24-09-96

Last Updated

23-03-99

Revision Date

23-03-2000

Brand

IBM Aptiva

Product Family

Aptiva

Machine Type

2144, 2168

Model

A10; A12; A14; A15; A40; A44; A45; A50; A51; A52; A90; A92; A94; C45; 120; 121; 123; 131; 132; 133; 141; 142; 152; 154; 161; 162; 163; 171; 172; 182; L11; L15; L16; K25; K26; L33; K33; L43; K43; L35; K35; L45; K45; KU5; L55; K55; L65; K65; L66; K66; U11; U15; U16; U33; U43; U35; U45; U55; U65; U66; X17; X27; X37; X47; Y17; Y27. Y37; Y47; Z17; Z27; Z37; Z47; S20; S50; S55; S65; S64; S74; S75; W37; W47

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