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Aptiva - 2137 Hardware interfaces

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Table 1- 1 System Board Hardware Interfaces

Item

Interface

Expansion slot for I/O adapter cards

Three PCI (peripheral component interconnect) v2.1 compatible expansion slots that operates up to 33 MHz bus speed

Four IBM AT-ISA Plug and Play compatible expansion slots that operates at 8 MHz bus speed.

Hard disk drives

Two PCI local bus Enhanced IDE v1.0 compatible hard disk drive interfaces that support PIO mode 3/4 and DMA 32-bit access.

CD-ROM drive

Support Bootable CD-ROM Format specification version 1.0.

Compliant to Audio-CD, Video-CD, CD-ROM/XA, Karaoke-CD, and Photo-CD (both single and multi-session) format.

Diskette drive

AT diskette interface

Video

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

For refresh rates and monitor frequency settings, see "Refresh Rates and Monitor Frequencies" on page 1-12 of the Hardware Maintenence Manual.

Modem

One 33.6 Kbps or 56 Kbps IBM AT-ISA plug and play modem adapter card with data/fax/voice features.
Sound is compatible with Sound Blaster (Creative Labs, Inc.)

Pointing device

IBM PS/2-compatible mouse

Keyboard device

IBM PS/2-compatible keyboard

Serial

9-pin connector with RS232D electrical interface

Parallel

Supports a bi-directional, ECP bi-directional, or EPP bi-directional interface.

Game port

Game port interface for joystick. It also supports MIDI.



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Date Created

28-08-97

Last Updated

10-02-99

Revision Date

10-02-2000

Brand

IBM Aptiva

Product Family

Aptiva

Machine Type

2137

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