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PowerLeap is proud to introduce the PL-Renaissance/AT, an AT slot card that upgrades your entire PC by completely taking over from the original motherboard. The PL-Renaissance/AT provides an instant upgrade for legacy PCs, allowing even the most tired 286-, 386-, 486-, or Pentium based computer to gain new technology within 20 minutes.
A Full-Featured, Legacy-Free Platform
With the PL-Renaissance/AT, our focus is on making your legacy PC easier to upgrade and easier to set up. Because the PL-Renaissance/AT doesn't have any bus slots, expansion is handled via the popular USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface, not add-on cards. USB provides a common interface for a wide variety of peripherals (including digital cameras, modems, mice, printers, scanners, and much more) that in the past required different types of connectors. By reducing the number of connector types on your PC, USB takes the confusion out of purchasing peripherals and setting up your computer. Simply connect the latest peripherals into the PL-Renaissance/AT's USB ports--you don't even need to open the computer case!
The PL-Renaissance/AT provides an upgrade path for virtually any PC that can accommodate a full-length ISA card. It allows older computers to take advantage of the latest socket 7 CPU technology from AMD. With the PL-Renaissance/AT, you can instantly rejuvenate most PC-XT/AT/386/486/586 and Pentium systems to a current maximum of K6-2+/K6-III+ 550MHz CPU performance. Plus, the PL-Renaissance/AT delivers PC100 SDRAM support, high speed L2 cache, integrated AGP 3D accelerated Video, PCI-3D/sound, UDMA/66 drive control, and dual USB ports. It's a revolutionary concept in the system upgrade field!
PL-Renaissance/AT Upgrade Advantages
The PL-Renaissance/AT offers the following advantages over replacing your motherboard:
- Easier installation. Simply plug the PL-Renaissance/AT into an ISA slot, hook up the power cord, move over your drive cables, and that's it!
- Fits in virtually any existing motherboard form factor, including Baby AT, ATX, LPX, and NLX.
- Includes an integrated 8MB AGP-3D VGA, PCI-3D sound, UDMA/66 drive control, USB ports, MIDI & Game port card, IrDA support, and so on...
- Includes a comprehensive user's guide and installation CD, for "DIY" simplicity.
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Smart buyers- who want the new technology for a fraction of the cost of a new PC. The PL-Renaissance/AT is an excellent way to upgrade your older systems without paying a premium. |
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PC
owners- who want to upgrade their PC-XT/AT/386SX/
386/486/Pentium/ Pentium Pro, or Pentium II to 550MHz CPU performance and newer technology. |
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Anybody- with a PC that has an LPX, NLX, or other proprietary form factor motherboard. With the PL-Renaissance/AT, it's no longer hard to find an upgrade motherboard! |
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Anybody- who is not satisfied with limitations of a processor-only upgrade. The PL-Renaissance/AT is the prime choice. |
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Anybody- with a PC using an Intel-made 486, Pentium, or Pentium II motherboard (since the Intel BIOS won't allow the use of most upgrade CPUs). This includes Dell and Gateway PC users. |
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Anybody- looking for an inexpensive compact 'motherboard' that can be used in a variety of applications. (Yes, I'm talking to you, fellow hackers) |
Special Features
- Supports AMD CPUs at up to 550MHz, including the K6-2+ and K6-III+
- Built-in AGP VGA
- PCI-3D sound
- UDMA/66 drive controller support
- Ports:
2 USB
2 Serial
1 Parallel (printer)
2 Floppy disk
4 UDMA EIDE
MIDI/game port audio jack - 100MHz front side bus (higher settings available for overclocking, but not guaranteed)
- Built-in 512KB L2 cache
- Y2K-compliant Award BIOS
