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DATAMAN SYSTEMS

DMS2000-M1

Data bus: 16-bit, ISA

Size: Half-length, full-height card

Hard drives supported: Two MFM ST506/412 drives

Floppy drives supported: Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB

CONNECTIONS

Function

Location

34-pin data cable connector-floppy drive

J1

34-pin control cable connector-hard drive

J2

20-pin data cable connector-drive 0

J3

20-pin data cable connector-drive 1

J4

4-pin connector-drive active LED

J5

MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES

The DMS2000-M1 has no jumpers to configure. This controller is compatible with the Western Digital WD1003-WA2. One minor incompatibility exists between these two controllers. If the hard drive contains more than eight heads, the WD1003-WA2 numbers heads 8 through 15 as 0 through 7 in the medias ID fields. The DMS2000-M1 controller numbers heads 8 through 15 as 8 through 15. You must reformat the hard disk if you are replacing a WD1003-WA2 due to this incompatibility.

This problem is not manifested in drives with less than eight heads.