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KIMPSION INTERNATIONAL

WA6-V4

Q4 /92

Data bus: 16-bit, ISA

Size: Full-length, half-height card

Hard drives supported: Two MFM ST506 drives

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

Sector interleave: 1:1

CONNECTIONS

Function

Location

4-pin connector-drive active LED

CN1

20-pin data cable connector-drive 1

CN2

20-pin data cable connector-drive 0

CN3

34-pin control cable connector-hard drive

CN4

34-pin data cable connector-floppy drives 0 and 1

CN7

34-pin data cable connector-floppy drives 2 and 3

CN8

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Function

Location

Setting

»

Hard drive port address is 1F0-1F7h

JP5

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

Hard drive port address is 170-177h

JP5

pins 1 & 2 closed

»

Floppy drive port address for CN7 is 3F0-3F7h

JP6

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

Floppy drive port address for CN7 is 370-377h

JP6

pins 1 & 2 closed

»

Bracket ground option disabled

JP9

open

 

Bracket ground option enabled

JP9

closed

»

Floppy drive port address for CN8 is 370-377h

JP10

closed

 

Floppy drive port address for CN8 is 3F0-3F7h

JP10

open

DRIVE SELECT MODE JUMPERS

Drive Size

Switch 1, 3, 5 or 7

Switch 2, 4, 6, or 8

360KB

on

on

720KB

on

off

1.2KB

off

on

1.44KB

off

off

Floppy drive 0 uses SW1/switches 1 and 2

Floppy drive 1 uses SW1/switches 3 and 4

Floppy drive 2 uses SW1/switches 5 and 6

Floppy drive 3 uses SW1/switches 7 and 8