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PROMISE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

DC2000 (VER. 2)

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 1 (COM1/3) - external

JP3

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

JP4

4-pin connector - drive active LED

JP7

HARD DRIVE SPEED

Speed

JP6/jumper 1

JP6/jumper 2

»

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

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Function

Location

Setting

»

Parallel port (CN1) is uni-directional

JP1

closed

 

Parallel port (CN1) is bi-directional

JP1

open

»

Floppy drive enabled

JP2/jumper 7

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Floppy drive disabled

JP2/jumper 7

pins 2 & 3 closed

SERIAL PORT 1 (JP3) CONFIGURATION

COM

JP2/jumper 1

JP2/jumper 2

»

COM1 (3F8h)

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

COM3 (3E8h)

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Disabled

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

SERIAL PORT 2 (JP4) CONFIGURATION

COM

JP2/jumper 3

JP2/jumper 4

»

COM2 (2F8h)

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

COM4 (2E8h)

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Disabled

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

PARALLEL PORT (CN1) CONFIGURATION

Address & IRQ

JP2/jumper 5

JP2/jumper 6

JP2/jumper 8

»

LPT3 (3BCh)

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

LPT1 (378h)

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

LPT2 (278h)

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Disabled

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

all pins open

 

LPT1 & LPT3 uses IRQ7 and LPT2 uses IRQ5

BIOS ADDRESS

Address

JP5/1

JP5/2

JP5/3

JP5/4

JP5/5

»

D8000h

open

open

closed

closed

closed

 

DE000h

open

open

open

open

closed

 

DC000h

open

open

open

closed

closed

 

DA000h

open

open

closed

open

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