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3.4.6 Hot Key Setup Enable............................................................................................ 3–7
3.4.7 Video State ............................................................................................................ 3–7
3.4.8 POST Test Display ................................................................................................ 3–8
3.4.9 Byte-wide Socket Configuration............................................................................. 3–8
3.4.10 Expansion BIOS ROM Configuration................................................................... 3–9
3.4.11 Serial Boot Loader Enable ................................................................................... 3–9
3.4.12 Watchdog Timer Configuration............................................................................ 3–9
3.4.13 Ethernet ............................................................................................................... 3–9
3.4.14 Local Bus Video Display...................................................................................... 3–9
3.4.15 Flat Panel Display Type ....................................................................................... 3–10
3.4.16 SCSI-II Active Termination.................................................................................. 3–10
3.5 SETUP Page 3—SCSI Hard Disk........................................................................................... 3–12
3.5.1 SCSI Drive Parameter Setup ..................................................................................3–13
3.6 SETUP Page 4—Serial Console ............................................................................................. 3–14
3.7 The SETUP.COM Program.................................................................................................... 3–15
3.7.1 Creating Configuration Files with SETUP.COM..................................................... 3–15
3.8 Operation with DOS............................................................................................................... 3–16
3.9 Serial Ports ............................................................................................................................ 3–17
3.9.1 Interrupt Sharing.................................................................................................... 3–17
3.9.2 Sample Code for Interrupt Sharing ......................................................................... 3–18
3.9.3 Serial Console Features.......................................................................................... 3–19
3.9.4 Serial Booting and Serial Programming.................................................................. 3–21
3.9.5 Using a Serial Modem............................................................................................ 3–21
3.10 Multimode Parallel Port ....................................................................................................... 3–21
3.10.1 Standard and Bi-Directional Operation................................................................. 3–22
3.10.2 EPP Operation ..................................................................................................... 3–25
3.11 Byte-Wide Sockets............................................................................................................... 3–26
3.11.1 Accessing Large Devices...................................................................................... 3–26
3.11.2 Byte-Wide Socket Signals.................................................................................... 3–28
3.11.3 Flash EPROM Programming ................................................................................ 3–28
3.11.4 Battery Backup for SRAMs.................................................................................. 3–29
3.12 SCSI Controller ................................................................................................................... 3–29
3.12.1 The Ampro SCSI BIOS........................................................................................ 3–29
3.12.2 SCSI Drive Preparation for DOS Use................................................................... 3–29
3.13 Ethernet LAN Interface........................................................................................................ 3–30
3.13.1 Network Terms .................................................................................................... 3–30
3.13.2 Twisted-Pair Installations..................................................................................... 3–31
3.13.3 AUI Installations.................................................................................................. 3–31
3.13.4 Using Network Operating Systems ....................................................................... 3–31
3.13.5 Network OS Drivers............................................................................................. 3–32
3.13.6 Controlling the Ethernet LAN Interface Directly .................................................. 3–33
3.13.7 Manufacturer’s Ethernet ID.................................................................................. 3–33
3.13.8 Installing a Boot PROM....................................................................................... 3–34
3.14 Flat Panel/CRT Video Controller ......................................................................................... 3–36
3.14.1 Developing a Custom BIOS for an Unsupported LCD Flat Panel.......................... 3–36
3.14.2 External Video Overlay (PC Video) ..................................................................... 3–36
3.15 PC Speaker .......................................................................................................................... 3–37
3.16 Watchdog Timer .................................................................................................................. 3–37
3.17 Powerfail Monitor................................................................................................................ 3–38
3.18 System Memory Map ........................................................................................................... 3–38