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Chapter 1 General Information ........................................2
1.1 Introduction ....................................................................... 2
Figure 1.1:The panel PC in perspective.......................... 3
1.2 How to use this manual ..................................................... 4
Figure 1.2:How to read the PPC-153 manual................. 5
1.3 Specifications .................................................................... 6
1.4 Dimensions...................................................................... 10
Figure 1.3:Dimensions of the PPC-153 ........................ 10
Chapter 2 System Setup...................................................12
2.1 A Quick Tour of the Panel PC ........................................ 12
Figure 2.1:Front view of PPC-153 panel PC ................ 12
Figure 2.2:Left side view of the panel PC .................... 13
Figure 2.3:Rear view of the panel PC........................... 14
Figure 2.4:Rear and side view of the panel PC............. 14
2.2 Preparing for First-time Use............................................ 15
2.3 Installation Procedures .................................................... 15
2.3.1 Connecting the power cord........................................... 15
Figure 2.5:Connecting the power cord ......................... 15
2.3.2 Installing the DC power insulator with hood................ 16
2.3.3 Connecting the keyboard and mouse............................ 19
Figure 2.6:Connecting the keyboard and mouse .......... 19
2.3.4 Switching on the power ................................................ 19
2.4 Running the BIOS Setup Program .................................. 20
2.5 Installing System Software.............................................. 21
2.6 Installing the Drivers....................................................... 22
Chapter 3 Using the Panel PC.........................................26
3.1 Introduction ..................................................................... 26
3.2 Floppy drive .................................................................... 26
Figure 3.1:Inserting and ejecting a floppy disk ............ 26
3.3 CD-ROM Drive............................................................... 27
Figure 3.2:Inserting and ejecting a CD-ROM .............. 27
3.4 PCMCIA.......................................................................... 28
Figure 3.3:Inserting and ejecting a PCMCIA card ....... 28
Figure 3.4:I/O interface (excluding COM ports).......... 29
Figure 3.5:I/O interface (excluding COM ports).......... 29
3.5 PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard.............................................. 30
3.6 PCI/ISA Bus Expansion.................................................. 30
Figure 3.6:PCI/ISA bus expansion ............................... 31
3.7 Parallel port ..................................................................... 32
