Using Your Computer 1-51The graphics accelerator is specifically designed for graph-ics-intensive operations, text and color pixel amplification,and scrolling. The accelerator minimizes bus traffic by off-loading the tasks normally performed by the processor.In addition to the standard VGA connector, the systemprovides a VESA-compliant feature connector on thesystem board.True ColorPowerMate V486 Series systems feature True and HighColor graphics providing up to 640 by 480 pixel resolutioncolor and up to 16.8 million colors. True and High Colorgives you the ability to display photo-realistic images.Dual IDE PortsThe system board in the PowerMate V486 Series providestwo IDE ports — a fast IDE port (the primary channel) anda standard IDE port (the secondary channel). Each portsupports two devices for a total of four IDE devices. Yourcomputer supports the installation of an IDE CD-ROMreader for system configuration flexibility without theaddition of a controller.The fast IDE port features an enhanced IDE interfacewhich supports up to 10 MB per second 32-bit wide datatransfers on the high-performance PCI local bus. (StandardIDE supports 2 MB to 3 MB per second on the ISA bus.)In hard disk configurations, the standard hard disk isconnected to the fast IDE port for high performance.
