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PROMISE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

DC2000 (VER. 1)

Data bus:

32-bit, VL bus

Size:

Three/quarter-length, half-height card

Hard drive supported:

Two IDE (AT) Interface drives

Floppy drives supported:

Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB drives

CONNECTIONS

Function

Location

25-pin parallel port (LPT1/2/3) - external

CN1

34-pin control cable connector - floppy drive

J1

40-pin IDE(AT) Interface connector

J2

10-pin serial port (COM1/3) - internal

JP1

10-pin serial port (COM2/4) - internal

JP4

4-pin connector - Drive active LED

JP7

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Function

Location

Setting

»

Parallel port is uni-directional

JP2

open

 

Parallel port is bi-directional

JP2

closed

»

Floppy drive enabled

JP3G

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Floppy drive disabled

JP3G

pins 2 & 3 closed

SERIAL PORT CONFIGURATION

Port 1 (JP1)

JP3A

JP3B

»

COM1

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

COM3

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Disabled

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

SERIAL PORT CONFIGURATION

Port 2 (JP2)

JP3C

JP3D

»

COM2

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

COM4

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Disabled

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

PARALLEL PORT (CN1) SETTINGS

LPT

JP3E

JP3F

»

1

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

2

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

3

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Disabled

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

PARALLEL PORT (CN1) INTERRUPT REQUEST

IRQ

JP3H

»

7

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

5

Pins 1 & 2 closed

IDE DATA TRANSFER RATE JP6

Main Board Speed

» Speed 0

Speed 1

Speed 2

 

£ 33MHz

JP6A - pins 1 & 2 closed

JP6B - pins 1 & 2 closed

JP6A - pins 2 & 3 closed

JP6B - pins 1 & 2 closed

JP6A - pins 2 & 3 closed

JP6B - pins 2 & 3 closed

 

³ 33MHz

JP6A - pins 1 & 2 closed

JP6B - pins 1 & 2 closed

JP6A - pins 2 & 3 closed

JP6B - pins 1 & 2 closed

JP6A - pins 2 & 3 closed

JP6B - pins 2 & 3 closed

Note:The CPU speed identifier jumper on the mainboard must be in the closed position for ³ £