IBM PC 300GL Type 6563 Technical Information Manual - Chapter 1. System Overview

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Chapter 1. System Overview

IBM® PC 300® GL personal computer types 6563, 6564, and 6574 and PC 300PL 

personal computer type 6565 are computer systems that provide state-of-the-art 

computer power with room for future growth.  

Features

Your computer has:

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An Intel® Pentium® III microprocessor with MMX™ technology, streaming 

single instruction multiple date (SMID) extensions, and 512 KB L2 cache

Your computer may have all, or some, of the following major features:

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Room for up to 1 GB of system memory total

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Integrated IDE bus master controller, Ultra DMA-66 capable

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EIDE hard disk drive

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System management

— Remote Program Load (RPL) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol 

(DHCP)

— Wake on LAN® support

— Desktop Management Interface (DMI) BIOS and DMI software

— Integrated network protocols

— Enablement for Remote Administration

— Ability to update POST and BIOS over the network

— Wake on Ring support

— Automatic power-on startup

— System Management (SM) BIOS and software

— Ability to store POST hardware test results

— Selectable startup sequence

— Selectable Automatic Power ON Startup Sequence

— CMOS Save/Restore utility program

— CMOS setup over LAN

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IDE CD-ROM

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 drive, standard on some models

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CD-RW (Rewritable) drive,  standard on some models

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DVD-ROM drive, standard on some models

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Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) modem, standard on some 

models

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Asset security

— Security settings provided by the Configuration/Setup Utility program:

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Power-on and administrator password protection

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Startup sequence control

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Hard disk drive and diskette drive access control

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I/O port control

— Cover lock loop  (PC 300GL models only)

— Cover key lock (PC 300PL models only)

— U-bolt and security cabling (optional)

1.  Variable read rate.  Actual playback speed will vary and is often less than the maximum possible.