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Video subsystem, Hard disk subsystem – Texas Instruments EXTENSA 570CD User Manual

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Auto power-down and wake-up modes

Typical current consumption during power-down is less than
10A

4.2.3

Video Subsystem

The video subsystem, implemented on the Main Board and on the LCD
Display Unit, displays text, graphics and drives an external SVGA port. The
video subsystem is implemented with a Cirrus

Logic CL-GD 7543 high

performance VGA controller and supporting logic and video RAM (1 MB).

The major features of the VGA controller include:

Highly integrated design (flat panel / CRT VGA controller, RAMDAC,
clock synthesizer)

Multiple Bus Architecture Integrated Interface

Local Bus (32-bit CPU Direct and VL)

EISA/ISA (PC/AT

) 16-bit Bus

Integrated programmable linear address feature accelerates GUI
performance

Supports panel resolutions up to 1280 X 1024 resolution including 800
X 600 and 1024 X 768

SMARTMAP intelligent color to gray scale conversion enhances text
legibility

Text enhancement feature improves white text contrast on flat panel
displays

Fully Compatible with IBM SVGA

4.2.3.1

External SVGA Drive Capability

The Extensa 57Xcontains an external SVGA port (15-pin, female, D-type
connector) which can be used to drive an external CRT (standard SVGA
modes with resolutions of 800 X 600 X 256, or 640 X 480 X 256).

4.2.4

Hard Disk Subsystem

The Hard Disk Subsystem, controlled by the IDE interface compatible
82C558N IPC chip, provides disk storage for all system software and user
files. Initially, the 57X Series Notebooks are equipped with a removable 810
or 1200 Million Byte hard drive.

During the manufacturing process, Texas Instruments formats the hard
disk and then loads all supplied software including Windows 95.

4-6 Theory of Operation