Deskpro M Feature Summary

 

Deskpro 386 M

Deskpro 486 M

Deskpro 586 M

Processors

Type & Speed

386DX25, 386DX33

486SX16, 25, 33
486DX33, 486DX2/50, 66

Pentium 60, 66

Upgrade

Processor Board,
No chip upgrades
Weitek 3167 Math CoProc.
Intel 387 Math CoProc.

Processor Board
Some processor boards can be upgraded to faster 486 CPU's.

Processor Board

L2 Processor Cache

Type

4-way set associative

2-way set associative write-back

direct-mapped

Amount

 

 

256k on 66

Upgrade

16 KB

256k on 486DX2/50, 66

256k on 60

Main Memory

Type

Fast Page

Fast Page

Fast Page

Down/Socket

4Mb/ *Eight SIMM sockets

4Mb or 8Mb/ *Eight SIMM sockets

** 8 or 16/Four SIMM sockets

Upgrade

72pin, Gold lead, Parity

72pin, Gold lead, Parity

72pin, Gold lead, Parity

Total

64Mb

64Mb

136Mb or 144Mb

Graphics

Controller

Adv.Graph.Contr. or***QVision 1024/E

Adv.Graph.Contr. or***QVision 1024/E

***QVision 1024/E or QVision 1280/E

Type Mem.

? /VRAM

? /VRAM

VRAM/VRAM

Amount

512k/1mB

1Mb/1Mb

1Mb/2Mb

Upgrade

none/none

none/1Mb or none

1Mb or none/none

Expansion Bus

Type

EISA

EISA

EISA

Hard Drive

Type

IDE

IDE

IDE

ID/Interfaces

Drive Select/One

Drive Select/One

Drive Select/One

Interfaces

Serial

2X 16550

2X 16550

2X 16550

Parallel

Bi-directional Compatible

Bi-directional Compatible

Bi-directional Compatible

ROM

Chips

Standard ROM

Standard ROM

Standard ROM

CMOS

Dallas Clock

Dallas Clock

Dallas Clock

Chassis/Options

Bays/Slots

4X4 DT

4X4 DT

4X4 DT

Sound

none and ****Buisness Audio

Business Audio

Business Audio

Software

OS

none or DOS 5.0/Win 3.1

none or (DOS 5.0 or 6.0)/Win 3.1

none or (DOS 5.0 or 6.0)/Win 3.1

Setup/Diags

EISA config 2.30d/10.10b

 

 

* SIMMs on memory expansion board

** SIMMs on Processor Board, must be upgraded four at a time

*** There were two versions of the QVision 1024/E, one could take a 1Mb VRAM upgrade, one could not

**** Integrated on the I/O board on all but the earliest models