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PROMISE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

DC4000

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, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB drives

CONNECTIONS

Function

Location

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

CN1

40-pin IDE (AT) Interface connector

J1

34-pin control cable connector - floppy drive

J2

4-pin connector - drive active LED

JP1

10-pin serial port 2 (COM2/3/4) - internal

JP3

10-pin serial port 1 (COM1/2/3) - external

JP4

HARD DRIVE SPEED

Speed

JP2/jumper 1

JP2/jumper 2

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0

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

1

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

2

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

PARALLEL, SERIAL AND FLOPPY DRIVE ADDRESS CONFIGURATION

Floppy

JP4

JP3

CN1

JP5/1

JP5/2

JP5/3

JP5/4

JP5/5

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Primary

COM1

COM2

LPT2

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

 

Primary

COM1

COM2

LPT1

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

 

Primary

COM1

COM2

LPT1

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

 

Primary

COM3

COM4

LPT1

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

 

Primary

COM2

COM3

LPT2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

 

Primary

COM3

COM4

LPT2

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

 

Primary

COM1

Disabled

LPT2

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

 

Primary

COM1

Disabled

LPT1

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

 

Primary

COM1

Disabled

LPT1

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

 

Primary

COM3

Disabled

LPT1

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

 

Primary

COM3

Disabled

LPT2

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

 

Primary

COM3

Disabled

LPT2

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

 

Primary

COM1

COM2

LPT2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

 

Primary

COM1

COM2

LPT1

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

 

Primary

COM3

COM4

LPT1

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

 

Primary

COM2

COM3

LPT2

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

 

Primary

Disabled

Disabled

LPT2

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

 

Primary

Disabled

Disabled

LPT1

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

 

Primary

Disabled

Disabled

LPT1

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

 

Primary

Disabled

Disabled

LPT2

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

 

Disabled

COM1

COM2

LPT2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

 

Disabled

COM1

COM2

LPT1

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

 

Disabled

COM3

COM4

LPT1

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

 

Disabled

COM2

COM3

LPT2

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

 

Primary

COM1

COM2

LPT2

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

 

Primary

COM1

COM2

LPT1

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

 

Secondary

COM1

COM2

LPT1

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

 

Primary

COM3

COM4

LPT2

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

 

Primary

COM2

COM3

LPT2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

 

Secondary

COM3

COM4

LPT2

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

 

Primary

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

 

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

Note:Pins designated should be in a closed position

Floppy drive addresses: Primary - 3F2, 3F4, 3F5, &3F7h; Secondary - 372, 374, 375, & 377h

Secondary floppy address requires a device driver to function

Parallel port addresses and Interrupt Requests: LPT1 - 378h & IRQ7; LPT2 - 278h & IRQ7

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Function

Location

Setting

»

I/O port address is 398, 399h

JP6

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

I/O port address is 26E, 26Fh

JP6

pins 2 & 3 closed

BIOS ADDRESS

Address

JP7/1

JP7/2

JP7/3

JP7/4

JP7/5

 

DE000h

open

open

open

open

closed

 

DC000h

open

open

open

closed

closed

 

DA000h

open

open

closed

open

closed

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D8000h

open

open

closed

closed

closed

 

D6000h

open

closed

open

open

closed

 

D4000h

open

closed

open

closed

closed

 

D2000h

open

closed

closed

open

closed

 

D0000h

open

closed

closed

closed

closed

 

CE000h

closed

open

open

open

closed

 

CC000h

closed

open

open

closed

closed

 

CA000h

closed

open

closed

open

closed

 

C8000h

closed

open

closed

closed

closed

 

Disabled

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

open