NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors

Title: NEC PowerMate DX2/66e
Entry Number: 1333 
Last Updated: <<Date June 13 1995>>

Product Vendor: 
NEC Technologies, Inc.
1414 Massachusett Ave,
Boxborough MA 01719
USA

+1 (800) 632 4636 USA toll-free phone - sales and information
+1 (800) 366 0476 USA toll-free faxback system
+1 (800) 388 8888 USA toll-free phone - support
+1 (508) 264 8000 international phone
+1 (508) 635 4706 bulletin board system
WWW: http://www.nec.com/

Keywords: NEC, PowerMate, ECU, EISA

Usage Commentary:
The NEC PowerMate Series provides an EISA bus with five EISA slots, integrated VGA for 640 x 480 two bit grayscale graphics and processor speeds of 33, 50 and 66 MHz. Supported EISA graphics adapters may be added to this system to provide higher resolution and color capabilities.

Setup and Installation:
The following ECU settings were recorded from a NEC PowerMate DX2/66e.  This system successfully installed and ran NEXTSTEP Release 3.1 for Intel Processors onto an internal 435MB Seagate SCSI hard disk using a DPT 2012, Bus Logic BT-747, Adaptec 1542B and Adaptec 1542C SCSI controllers.  An ATI Ultra Pro EISA graphics card provides the system with 1024 x 768 16 bit color.

EISA Configuration Utility Setup
System - NEC PowerMate DX2/66e System Board
	Shadowing Options: 
		Video BIOS Shadow...	Enabled
		System BIOS Shadow...	Enabled

	Caching Options:
		Global Caching...	Global Enabled
		Video BIOS Cache...	Enabled
		System BIOS Cache...	Enabled
		
	Integrated Peripheral:
		Parallel Port Address...	378h-37Fh, IRQ7 (Edge Triggered)
		Serial Port 1 Address...	3F8h-3FFh, IRQ4 (Edge Triggered)
		Serial Port 2 Address...	Disabled
				
	Floppy Diskette Control Options:
		Floppy Boot...	Enable
		Floppy Write Protect...	Disable

	IDE Hard Disk Controller...	Integrated IDE Hard Disk
						Controller: Disabled
	Typematic Rate...	Maximum
	Mouse Port...	Enable
	Concurrent Mode & Decoupled Refresh...	Enable

	---Hardware Configuration---
	Floppy Diskette Drive A...	1.44 MB- 3.5 inch
	Floppy Diskette Drive B...	Not Installed
	Hard Disk Drive 0...	Not Installed
	Hard Disk Drive 1...	Not Installed
	User Defined Hard Drive Type
		Number of Cylinders...	0
		Number of Heads...	0
		Number of Sectors per Track...	0
		Write Precomp...	0
		Landing Zone...	0
	Base Memory...	640 KB
	Extended Memory... 	15360
	Keyboard Error Messages...	Suppressed
	Numlock state at boot...	Numlock ON at boot
	---Video Features ---
	Video Card...	EGA or VGA
	
	Local/ISA Bus Video...	Local Bus Video
	Monitor Display Type...	Color monitor attached
	Automatic Scan Rate Detect...	Enable Automatic detect
	
Motherboard Jumper Settings
	Jumpers 15A1, 16L2, and 17K3 are disabled.

Known Problems: