Owner`s manual
APPENDIX C
SUPER I/O
Super I/O, which requires a PIC (Product Installation Code), is designed to significantly
increase character output for all serial ports using the AM318.IDV, AM-359.IDV or
AM359B.IDV drivers. This includes all AM-318 and AM-359 board serial I/O ports, as well as
the Eagle 100’s eight on-board serial ports and Eagle 550’s four on-board serial ports. The
more terminals you have on your system performing character output, the more you will benefit
from Super I/O.
For example:
A Super I/O enabled Eagle 040 based computer with 32 AM-318 serial ports performing
constant terminal output will transmit five times as many characters during a given time period,
compared to the same configuration not using Super I/O. In the real world, of course, you won’t
have 32 terminals performing constant terminal output, but this example should give you some
idea of the Super I/O performance potential.
Super I/O handles character output in a much more efficient manner than any other previously
released AMOS serial port driver, which greatly reduces the load on the CPU and makes more
CPU cycles available for other tasks.
Super I/O Software
Super I/O is not supported on 1.X AMOS operating systems. Super I/O has been
incorporated into the AMOS 2.2C operating system since patch releasePR8/95.
However, in order to use Super I/O software it must enabled as explained in the
following section.
Eagle Series Computer Owner’s Manual, Rev. 03