Epson ActionTower 3000 Product Information Guide - Page 6
System Memory Map, Video Memory, Processor Upgrades, Hard Disk Drive Types
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EPSON ActionPC and ActionTower 8600 champpig.fm5 (Left) 2/16/96 2:22pm System Memory Map Address range FE0000h-FFFFFFh 100000h-FDFFFFh 0E0000h-0FFFFFh 0C8000h-0DFFFFh 0C0000h-0C7FFFh 0A0000h-0BFFFFh 000000h-09FFFFh Function 128KB duplication of ROM BIOS stored at 0E0000h-0FFFFFh System extended memory (128MB maximum) 128KB ROM BIOS Adapter ROM BIOS Video ROM BIOS 128KB video memory 640KB base memory Video Memory The computer comes with 1MB of video memory. You can incr ease the vi deo memory to 2MB by i nstallin g two 512KB, 40-pin, S OJ flat pack video DRAM chips. Resolution 640 × 480 800 × 600 1024 × 768 1280 × 1024 1600 × 1200 Memory requirements 1MB 1MB 2MB 1MB 1MB 2MB 1MB 2MB 1MB 2MB 2MB Color 256 32K/64K 16.8M (True Color) 256 32K/64K 16.8M (True Color) 256 64K 16 256 256 Refresh rates (Hz) 60/72/75 60/72/75 60/72/75 Remarks 8 bits/pixel 16 bits/pixel 24 bits/pixel 56/60/72/75 60/72/75 60/72/75 8 bits/pixel 16 bits/pixel 24 bits/pixel 43.5/60/70/75 43.5/60/70/75 43.5/60/72/75 43.5/60/72/75 43.5 8 bits/pixel* 16 bits/pixel** 4 bit planes* 8 bits/pixel** 8 bits/pixel** * Non-interlaced and interlaced ** Interlaced Processor Upgrades You can upgrade your processor wi th a faster on e to improve system performan ce. If you upgr ade th e processor , you may want to lay th e computer on its side to make th e pr ocess easier. If you are upgr adi ng to a 100 MHz processor, make sure you use a stan dar d 3.3 V processor. Hard Disk Drive Types The computer comes with a hard disk auto-sensing feature. To use it, select one of the dri ves you have in stal led from th e Fixed Disk Setup screen. On the screen th at appears for that Enter drive, press to select the Autotype Fixed Disk option . The system detects th e type of hard disk dri ve, fi lls in the driv es parameters, and sets the r emain ing opti on s on the screen. Hard Disk Drive Information The IDE hard disk driv es l isted i n th e tables below are qualified for use i n your computer. IDE hard disk drive parameters Conner® NEC® Seagate® CFS1275A CFS850A CFS635A CFS541A D3747 D3745 ST31640A ST51270A ST3630A Parameters Formatted 1275 850 635 540 1620 capacity (MB) Size,width × 4 × 1 4 × 1 4 × 1 4 × 1 4 × 1 height (in) Weight (lb) 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 Cylinders 3640 3640 3640 3924 3678 Disks 3 2 2 1 3 Heads 6 4 3 2 6 Sectors per 77 - 78 - 78 - 90 - track 143 143 144 170 Rotational 3600 3600 3600 3600 4500 speed (RPM) Buffer size 64 64 64 64 256 (KB) Average seek 14 14 14 14 11 time (ms) Encoding method RLL RLL RLL RLL PRML 1,7 1,7 1,7 1,7 Power dissipation (seek) 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.9 4.0 WW WWW Logical parameters Cylinders 2477 1651 1238 1048 3144 Heads 16 16 16 16 16 Precomp 0 0 0 0 0 zone Landing zone 2477 1651 1238 1048 3144 Sectors 63 63 63 63 63 1080 1625 1282 631 4×1 4×1 4× 4×1 .75 1.25 1.5 .75 1.3 3678 4708 5414 3164 2 3 2 2 4 6 4 4 76 - 66 - 142 115 4500 5400 5400 3811 256 256 128 120 11 10.5 10.5 14 PRM RLL L 1,7 4.0W 8.41 W RLL RLL 1,7 1,7 6.4W 5.2 W 2096 3150 2485 1223 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 2096 4726 5376 3164 63 63 63 63 6 - ActionPC and ActionTower 8600 2/96
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