NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors

Title: Hewlett Packard Vectra 486 U Series
Entry Number: 1121
Last Updated: <<Date June 13 1995>>

Product Vendor: 
Hewlett Packard
3000 Hanover St.
Palo Alto, CA 94304
USA

+1 (800) 752-0900 USA toll-free phone
+1 (415) 857 1501 international phone
+1 (800) 333 1917 faxback system
+1 (408) 553 3500  bulletin board system
+1 (415) 857 5518 fax
WWW: http://www.hp.com/

Keywords: Hewlett, Packard, EISA, Vectra

Overview:
The Hewlett Packard Vectra 486 includes an EISA bus and VGA on the motherboard. An EISA video card is required to display color under NEXTSTEP.

Setup and Installation:
The Quality Assurance Group successfully installed NEXTSTEP Release 3.1 onto a HP U Series configured in the following manner. Use the EISA Configuration Utility provided with your system to confirm that your system's settings match those shown below where applicable.

System - HP Vectra 486 U PC Series - System Board

System Board Options
	Microprocessor : 66 MHz 486 DX2 - OverDrive
	Power-on Speed = High
	Cache Memory = Enabled
	BIOS Revision = P.04.02

Numeric Coprocessor
	Coprocessor Detected = Built-In

Embedded Video Options
	Embedded Video Adapter Display = Embedded Video Disabled
	Embedded Video RAM Size = Disabled

	Enhanced Video Performance = Copy Video BIOS 
		to RAM at E0000h after video initialization

Flexible Disk Drives
	Embedded Controller = Primary
	Top Drive = 1.44 MB (3.5-inch)
	Second Drive = Not Installed
	Third Drive = Not Installed
	A and B Location = A = Top Drive, B = Second Drive

Embedded Hard Disk Controller = Disabled

Hard Disk Drives
	Drive C = Not Installed
	Drive D = Not Installed

Keyboard Options
	NumLock Key = Enabled at Start-Up
	Typing Speed = Medium
	Click Volume = 0 (Off)
	Mini-DIN Mouse Port = Interrupt Enabled

Dual Serial Ports
	Serial Port A = COM1
	Serial Port B = COM2

Parallel Port Functions
	Parallel Port = LPT1
	Parallel Port Bidirectionality = Disabled

Advanced Features
	Lock Additional Input Devices = Disabled
	Extended Memory Limit Report = Special - Full Amount

Cache Segments
	Cache at 0C0000h-0CFFFFh = CFG
	Cahce at 0D0000h-0DFFFFh = CFG
	Cache at 0E0000h-oEFFFFh = CFG

Slot 4 - GRAPHICS ULTRA EISA Video Accelerator Card
Video
	Video Graphics Adaptor = VGA Enable
	Graphics Engine = Graphics Engine
	Graphics Engine Memory Aperture = Aperture Enabled
	Video Interrupt = Video IRQ Enabled

Embedded - HP Vectra 486U PC Series - System Memory
	View Memory Module Configuration = Press [Enter] to View
	Total Memory Installed = 20480 KB (20 MB)

System Memory Configuration
	Base Memory = 640 KB
	Reserved Memory = 384 KB ( 0 KB Remapped )
	Extended Memory = 19456 KB

Known Problems: