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       # NORTHGATE COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.
       
          ELEGANCE SP
       
          Processor        80386DX/80486DX                               
          Processor Speed  25/33MHz                                      
          Chip Set         VLSI                                          
          Max. Onboard     64MB                                          
          DRAM             
          Cache            64/256KB                                      
          BIOS             AMI                                           
          Dimensions       350mm x 304mm                                 
          I/O Options      Proprietary CPU module slot, parallel port,   
                           serial ports (2), floppy drive interface, IDE 
                           interface                                     
          NPU Options      80387/3167/4167                               
       
   IMG IMG 1
          
       
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
          |                        CONNECTIONS                         |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          | Purpose             | Location | Purpose        | Location |
          |---------------------+----------+----------------+----------|
          | Proprietary CPU     |   CPU1   | Serial port 1  |    J9    |
          | module              |          |                |          |
          |---------------------+----------+----------------+----------|
          | External battery    |    J2    | Serial port 2  |   J10    |
          |---------------------+----------+----------------+----------|
          | Turbo LED           |    J4    | Parallel port  |   J15    |
          |---------------------+----------+----------------+----------|
          | Power LED & keylock |    J5    | Floppy drive   |   J16    |
          |                     |          | interface      |          |
          |---------------------+----------+----------------+----------|
          | Reset switch        |    J6    | IDE interface  |   J17    |
          |---------------------+----------+----------------+----------|
          | IDE interface LED   |    J8    | Speaker        |   J19    |
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
       
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
          |                 USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS                 |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          |            Function             |   Jumper    |  Position  |
          |---------------------------------+-------------+------------|
          | » | Bus speed select            |     W1      |    N/A     |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          | » | Floppy drive write precomp  |     W2      | pins 2 & 3 |
          |   | select alternate            |             |   closed   |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          |   | Floppy drive write precomp  |     W2      | pins 1 & 2 |
          |   | select normal               |             |   closed   |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          | » | CPU speed select            |     W3      |    N/A     |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          | » | Monitor type select         |     W4      | pins 1 & 2 |
          |   | monochrome                  |             |   closed   |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          |   | Monitor type select color   |     W4      | pins 2 & 3 |
          |   |                             |             |   closed   |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          | » | CMOS memory normal          |     W7      |    Open    |
          |   | operation                   |             |            |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          |   | CMOS memory clear           |     W7      |   Closed   |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          | » | Parallel port mode select   |     W13     | pins 2 & 3 |
          |   | bi-directional              |             |   closed   |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          |   | Parallel port mode select   |     W13     | pins 1 & 2 |
          |   | input only                  |             |   closed   |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          | » | Floppy drive mode select    |     W18     | pins 1 & 2 |
          |   | single speed                |             |   closed   |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          |   | Floppy drive mode select    |     W18     | pins 2 & 3 |
          |   | dual speed                  |             |   closed   |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          | » | BIOS type select            |     W19     |    N/A     |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          | » | Factory configured - do not | SW1 pins 1  |    N/A     |
          |   | alter                       |     & 2     |            |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          | » | VGA BIOS shadowing enabled  | SW1 pins 7  |   Closed   |
          |   |                             |     & 8     |            |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          |   | VGA BIOS shadowing disabled | SW1 pins 7  |    Open    |
          |   |                             |     & 8     |            |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          | » | Factory configured - do not | SW1 pins 9  |    Open    |
          |   | alter                       |    & 10     |            |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          | » | BIOS shadowing enabled      | SW1 pins 11 |   Closed   |
          |   |                             |    & 12     |            |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          |   | BIOS shadowing disabled     | SW1 pins 11 |    Open    |
          |   |                             |    & 12     |            |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          | » | Floppy drive interface      | SW3 pins 1  |    Open    |
          |   | enabled                     |     & 2     |            |
          |---+-----------------------------+-------------+------------|
          |   | Floppy drive interface      | SW3 pins 1  |   Closed   |
          |   | disabled                    |     & 2     |            |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          | Note:Jumpers W1, W3 and W19 are factory configured and     |
          | should not be altered.                                     |
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
       
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
          |                     DRAM CONFIGURATION                     |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          | Size |   Bank 0    |   Bank 1    |   Bank 2   |   Bank 3   |
          |------+-------------+-------------+------------+------------|
          | 1MB  | (4) 256K x  |    NONE     |    NONE    |    NONE    |
          |      |      9      |             |            |            |
          |------+-------------+-------------+------------+------------|
          | 2MB  | (4) 256K x  | (4) 256K x  |    NONE    |    NONE    |
          |      |      9      |      9      |            |            |
          |------+-------------+-------------+------------+------------|
          | 4MB  | (4) 1M x 9  |    NONE     |    NONE    |    NONE    |
          |------+-------------+-------------+------------+------------|
          | 6MB  | (4) 256K x  | (4) 256K x  | (4) 1M x 9 |    NONE    |
          |      |      9      |      9      |            |            |
          |------+-------------+-------------+------------+------------|
          | 8MB  | (4) 1M x 9  | (4) 1M x 9  |    NONE    |    NONE    |
          |------+-------------+-------------+------------+------------|
          | 10MB | (4) 256K x  | (4) 256K x  | (4) 1M x 9 | (4) 1M x 9 |
          |      |      9      |      9      |            |            |
          |------+-------------+-------------+------------+------------|
          | 12MB | (4) 1M x 9  | (4) 1M x 9  | (4) 1M x 9 |    NONE    |
          |------+-------------+-------------+------------+------------|
          | 16MB | (4) 1M x 9  | (4) 1M x 9  | (4) 1M x 9 | (4) 1M x 9 |
          |------+-------------+-------------+------------+------------|
          | 16MB | (4) 4M x 9  |    NONE     |    NONE    |    NONE    |
          |------+-------------+-------------+------------+------------|
          | 24MB | (4) 1M x 9  | (4) 1M x 9  | (4) 4M x 9 |    NONE    |
          |------+-------------+-------------+------------+------------|
          | 32MB | (4) 4M x 9  | (4) 4M x 9  |    NONE    |    NONE    |
          |------+-------------+-------------+------------+------------|
          | 40MB | (4) 1M x 9  | (4) 1M x 9  | (4) 4M x 9 | (4) 4M x 9 |
          |------+-------------+-------------+------------+------------|
          | 48MB | (4) 4M x 9  | (4) 4M x 9  | (4) 4M x 9 |    NONE    |
          |------+-------------+-------------+------------+------------|
          | 64MB | (4) 4M x 9  | (4) 4M x 9  | (4) 4M x 9 | (4) 4M x 9 |
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
       
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
          |                 DRAM JUMPER CONFIGURATION                  |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          | Size |         SW1         |  W5   |  W6   |  W28  |  W29  |
          |------+---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
          | 1MB  |  13 & 14, 15 & 16,  | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | Open  | Open  |
          |      |  17 & 18, 19 & 20   |       |       |       |       |
          |------+---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
          | 2MB  |  13 & 14, 17 & 18,  | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | Open  | Open  |
          |      |       19 & 20       |       |       |       |       |
          |------+---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
          | 4MB  |  13 & 14, 15 & 16,  | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | Open  | Open  |
          |      |       17 & 18       |       |       |       |       |
          |------+---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
          | 6MB  |  15 & 16, 17 & 18,  | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 |
          |      |       19 & 20       |       |       |       |       |
          |------+---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
          | 8MB  |  13 & 14, 17 & 18   | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | Open  | Open  |
          |------+---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
          | 10MB |  17 & 18, 19 & 20   | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 |
          |------+---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
          | 12MB |  15 & 16, 17 & 18   | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 |
          |------+---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
          | 16MB |       17 & 18       | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 |
          |------+---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
          | 16MB |  13 & 14, 15 & 16   | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | Open  | Open  |
          |------+---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
          | 24MB |  15 & 16, 19 & 20   | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 |
          |------+---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
          | 32MB |       13 & 14       | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | Open  | Open  |
          |------+---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
          | 40MB |       19 & 20       | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 |
          |------+---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
          | 48MB |       15 & 16       | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 |
          |------+---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
          | 64MB |        Open         | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          | Note:Pins designated should be in the closed position.     |
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
       
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
          |                     IDE CONFIGURATION                      |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          |      Setting       |       SW21        |        W20        |
          |--------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
          |      Enabled       |       Open        |      Closed       |
          |--------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
          |      Disabled      |      Closed       |       Open        |
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
       
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
          |                PARALLEL PORT CONFIGURATION                 |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          |            IRQ             |              SW3              |
          |----------------------------+-------------------------------|
          |         LPT1/3BCh          |      pins 9 & 10 closed       |
          |----------------------------+-------------------------------|
          |         LPT1/378h          |             Open              |
          |----------------------------+-------------------------------|
          |         LPT2/278h          |       pins 7 & 8 closed       |
          |----------------------------+-------------------------------|
          |          Disabled          |   pins 7 & 8, 9 & 10 closed   |
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
       
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
          |              PARALLEL PORT IRQ CONFIGURATION               |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          |            IRQ             |              SW2              |
          |----------------------------+-------------------------------|
          |            IRQ7            |       pins 7 & 8 closed       |
          |----------------------------+-------------------------------|
          |            IRQ5            |       pins 5 & 6 closed       |
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
       
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
          |                SERIAL PORT 1 CONFIGURATION                 |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          |     Setting      |        SW2         |        SW3         |
          |------------------+--------------------+--------------------|
          |     Enabled      | pins 1 & 2 closed  |        Open        |
          |------------------+--------------------+--------------------|
          |     Disabled     |        Open        | pins 5 & 6 closed  |
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
       
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
          |                SERIAL PORT 2 CONFIGURATION                 |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          |     Setting      |        SW2         |        SW3         |
          |------------------+--------------------+--------------------|
          |     Enabled      | pins 3 & 4 closed  |        Open        |
          |------------------+--------------------+--------------------|
          |     Disabled     |        Open        | pins 3 & 4 closed  |
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
       
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
          |                     BIOS CONFIGURATION                     |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          |                    Size                     |     SW1      |
          |---------------------------------------------+--------------|
          |        F000-FFFF(VGA BIOS disabled)         | 3 & 4, 5 & 6 |
          |---------------------------------------------+--------------|
          |  F000-FFFF, E000-EFFF (VGA BIOS disabled,   |    3 & 4     |
          |           BIOS shadowing enabled)           |              |
          |---------------------------------------------+--------------|
          |       F000-FFFF VGA BIOS at C000-C7FF       |    5 & 6     |
          |---------------------------------------------+--------------|
          |    F000-FFFF VGA BIOS at C000-C7FF, IDE     |    5 & 6     |
          |           interface at C800-CFFF            |              |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          | Note : Pins designated should be in the closed position.   |
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
       
   IMG IMG 2
          
       
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
          |                 USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS                 |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          |               Function                | Jumper  | Position |
          |---------------------------------------+---------+----------|
          | » | Factory configured - do not alter |   W2    |   N/A    |
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
       
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
          |                    CACHE CONFIGURATION                     |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          |            Size            |            Bank 0             |
          |----------------------------+-------------------------------|
          |            64KB            |          (8) 8K x 8           |
          |----------------------------+-------------------------------|
          |           256KB            |          (8) 32K x 8          |
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
       
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
          |                 CACHE JUMPER CONFIGURATION                 |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          |            Size            |              W1               |
          |----------------------------+-------------------------------|
          |            64KB            |             Open              |
          |----------------------------+-------------------------------|
          |           256KB            |   pins 1 & 2, 3 & 4 closed    |
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
       
   IMG IMG 3
          
       
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
          |                 USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS                 |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          |               Function                | Jumper  | Position |
          |---------------------------------------+---------+----------|
          | » | Factory configured - do not alter |   W6    |   N/A    |
          |---+-----------------------------------+---------+----------|
          | » | Factory configured - do not alter |   W7    |   N/A    |
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
       
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
          |                    CACHE CONFIGURATION                     |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          |            Size            |            Bank 0             |
          |----------------------------+-------------------------------|
          |            64KB            |          (8) 8K x 8           |
          |----------------------------+-------------------------------|
          |           256KB            |          (8) 32K x 8          |
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
       
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
          |                 CACHE JUMPER CONFIGURATION                 |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          | Size  |     W1     |     W2     |            W5            |
          |-------+------------+------------+--------------------------|
          | 64KB  | pins 1 & 2 | pins 1 & 2 |           Open           |
          |       |   closed   |   closed   |                          |
          |-------+------------+------------+--------------------------|
          | 256KB | pins 2 & 3 | pins 2 & 3 | pins 3 & 4, 5 & 6 closed |
          |       |   closed   |   closed   |                          |
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
       
          +------------------------------------------------------------+
          |                  BURST MODE CONFIGURATION                  |
          |------------------------------------------------------------|
          | Setting  |       W3       |       W4       |      W5       |
          |----------+----------------+----------------+---------------|
          | Enabled  |   pins 2 & 3   |   pins 2 & 3   |  pins 1 & 2   |
          |          |     closed     |     closed     |    closed     |
          |----------+----------------+----------------+---------------|
          | Disabled |   pins 1 & 2   |   pins 1 & 2   |     Open      |
          |          |     closed     |     closed     |               |
          +------------------------------------------------------------+