Specifications

1. Introduction
1.1 Product description: altec PCBoardCard
The PC Board Card from altec is a universal ISA-slot card with PCMCIA slots for Type I and II
SRAM, Flash and PC Card ATA memory media (e.g. SanDisk SDP3B-xx) and Type III PC
Card hard disks. It also supports I/O cards such as Fax/Modem and LAN cards. The
PC Board CARD supports either two PCMCIA type II cards or one PCMCIA type III card.
The BIOS extension (option) avoids the need for extra driver software for PC Card memory
media. Each of the slots can be configured separately with the altec Setup program. The
PC BoardCard can then be accessed like a floppy or hard disk drive (A:, B:, C:, etc.). The
BIOS extension also allows the operating system to be booted from PC Card memory media.
Firmware updates or OEM-specific updates can be downloaded to the card per software
whenever necessary. The operating system (DOS, OS/2) and application software can
also be started directly from the PC Card memory media.
The PC BoardCard is provided with a PowerManager (option) which supports the new 3.3
Volt PC Card technology. 5 Volt and 3.3 Volt PC Cards can be used simultaneously - the
necessary adjustments are carried out by the hardware and software of the PC BoardCard
automatically.
1.2 PCBoardCard Features "Made in Germany"
• universal PC Card Drive for all Desktop PC with unused ISA-Slot
• operating system independent, supports MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95,
Windows NT, OS/2
• direct operating system support for Windows 95, Windows NT and OS/2
• 2 PC Card Slots for Type I and II storage media and I/O PC Cards, 1 PC Card Slot
for Type III Harddisks
• the integrated BIOS-Extension allows the use of PC Card storage media without
additional Software and to boot the system from PC Card. The altec Setup menue
allows the individual configuration of the PC Card Slots (A:, B:, C:, etc.), option.
1.3 Extent of delivery
• ISA-Slot PC Card Drive
• CardWare
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Software (AWARD) inclusive documentation on 3,5" Disk
• Manual