Epson ACTIONPC 5000 - Manual (Page 2)

NEW EPSON ActionPC 5000, ActionTower 5000
Cache
Math
coprocessor
Clock/
calendar
Controllers
Video
Diskette
Hard disk
Interfaces
Monitor
Parallel
Serial
Keyboard
Mouse
Optional game
port
8KB of internal cache; supports 64KB,
128KB, or 256KB of external cache using
28-pin, 8 x 8 or 32 x 8, 20ns DIP chips; in
486DX/50 or Pentium OverDrive systems,
use a 15ns tag chip.
Math coprocessor built into the
microprocessor for DX, DX2, DX4, and
Pentium OverDrive systems
Contained in the 82C491 system controller
chip along with 64 bytes of CMOS RAM,
backed up by a soldered NiCad
rechargeable battery
Cirrus Logic GD5428 high-speed, super
VGA local bus controller with True Color”
support; provides resolutions up to
1280 x 1024 in 256 colors; True Color
support in the 640 x 480 resolution
Controller on main system board supports
up to two diskette drives or one diskette
drive and a tape drive
Energy Star compliant, high-speed, 32-bit
local bus IDE interface on main system
board supports up to two IDE hard disk
drives with built-in controller; BIOS
provides hard disk auto-sensing function
Energy Star compliant VGA interface for
fixed or multi-frequency monitor built into
system board; 15-pin, D-shell
connector
One standard, 8-bit, parallel,
unidirectional or bidirectional interface
built into main system board; 25-pin,
D-shell connector; operation controllable
by SETUP option
Two RS-232C, programmable,
asynchronous interfaces built into main
system board; 9-pin, D-shell connectors
PS/2 compatible keyboard interface built
into main system board; 6-pin, mini DIN
connector
PS/2 compatible mouse interface built
into main system board; 6-pin mini DIN
connector
Optional 10-pin game port interface on
system board; can control joy-stick
functions with the addition of a port
connector
Option slots
Speaker Internal
Mass Storage ActionPC:
Internal mount:
Diskette drive
types
Hard disk drive
types
Other devices
Keyboard
Mouse
Action PC:
Connector card with five 16-bit, ISA
compatible expansion slots; three
full-length and two half-length; two of the
full-length slots are also VESA local bus
compatible
ActionTower:
Connector card with five full-length,
16-bit, I/O expansion slots; ISA
compatible; two of the full-length slots are
also VESA local bus compatible
One wide, one-inch high drive
Externally accessible mounts:
One wide, one-inch high drive
and two wide, half-height drives
ActionTower:
Front internal mount:
One
wide, half-height drive
Rear internal mounts:
Two
wide, half-height drives or
one wide, full-height drive
Externally accessible mounts:
Two wide, third-height drives
and two wide, half-height drives
3.5-inch diskette drive, 720KB or 1.44MB
storage capacity; 5.25-inch diskette drive,
360KB or 1.2MB storage capacity; or
combination 3.5-inch/5.25-inch diskette
drive
or form factor hard disk
drive(s), up to half-height size; maximum
of two drives
Half-height tape drive, CD-ROM drive,
optical drive, or other storage device;
or with mounting frames
Detachable, two-position height; 101 or
102 sculpted keys; country-dependent
main typewriter keyboard; numeric/
cursor control keypad; four-key cursor
control keypad; 12 function keys
Detachable, two-button, PS/2 compatible
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