AMERICAN RESEARCH CORPORATION
PROTURBO 88
Processor | 8088 |
Processor Speed | 4.77/9.54MHz |
Chip Set | None |
Max. Onboard DRAM | 640KB |
Cache | None |
BIOS | ARC |
Dimensions | 330mm x 218mm |
I/O Options | EGA port, floppy drive interface, game port, parallel port, serial ports (2) |
NPU Options | 8087 |

CONNECTIONS | |||
Purpose | Location | Purpose | Location |
External battery | BAT | Parallel port | CN7 |
Riser card | CN1 | Speaker | CN9 |
Floppy interface | CN2 | Game port | CN10 |
EGA interface | CN3 | Serial port 2 | CN11 |
Serial port 1 | CN6 | External keyboard | KB1 |
Note:The location of the CPU, NPU and SW1 are unidentified. | |||
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function | Jumper/Switch | Position | |
| » | Factory configured - do not alter | J2 | unknown |
| » | Parallel port select LPT1 interrupt IRQ7 at 378-37F | J7 | pins 1 & 2 closed |
Parallel port select LPT2 interrupt IRQ5 at 278-27F | J7 | pins 3 & 4 closed | |
| » | Factory configured - do not alter | J8 | pins 1 & 2 closed |
| » | Factory configured - do not alter | J8 | pins 3 & 4 closed |
| » | Factory configured - do not alter | J10 | N/A |
| » | Factory configured - do not alter | J11 | N/A |
| » | Factory configured - do not alter | J12 | N/A |
| » | DRAM test at power-on enabled | SW1/1 | Off |
DRAM test at power-on disabled | SW1/1 | On | |
| » | NPU disabled | SW1/2 | On |
NPU enabled | SW1/2 | Off | |
FLOPPY DRIVE A CONFIGURATION | ||
Type | SW1/3 | SW1/4 |
None | On | On |
360KB | On | On |
720KB | On | Off |
1.2MB | Off | On |
1.44MB | Off | Off |
FLOPPY DRIVE B CONFIGURATION | ||
Type | SW1/7 | SW1/8 |
None | On | On |
360KB | On | On |
720KB | On | Off |
1.2MB | Off | On |
1.44MB | Off | Off |
MONITOR CONFIGURATION | ||
Type | SW1/5 | SW1/6 |
EGA | On | On |
CGA (80 x 25) | On | Off |
CGA (40 x 25) | Off | On |
Monochrome | Off | Off |