Installation Manual

1 Overview
The A6869B VGA/USB PCI card is the latest generation of the A6869A PCI card released in 2001.
This new release updates components that are nearing end-of-life.
It has assigned part number: A6869-60602.
The major component change on the board is a move from the ATI R7000 video graphics array
(VGA) controller to the ATI ES1000 VGA controller. The ATI ES1000 controller is intended for
a server environment, is more focused to IA64 software support, and is more cost effective than
its predecessor.
The A6869B VGA/USB PCI card is a dual function combo card, hosting VGA and universal serial
bus (USB) controllers. Both of these devices sit behind a PCI-PCI bridge. The A6869B VGA/USB
PCI card operates at the conventional 66MHz/64 bit PCI rate and is universally keyed. All
signalling and form factors conform to the PCI Local Bus Specification 2.3. The VGA controller has
128Mbits of DDR-1 RAM for use as a frame buffer.
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