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AST RESEARCH, INC.

SIXPAKPLUS (000216-001A)

Card Type

Multi-I/O

Chipset

Unidentified

Maximum Onboard Memory

384KB DRAM

I/O Options

Clock/calendar, game port, parallel port, serial port

Data Bus

8-bit ISA

CONNECTIONS

Function

Label

Function

Label

Serial port

J1

Game port

J3

Parallel port

J2

   

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Setting

Label

Position

»

Game port enabled

E1/E

Closed

 

Game port disabled

E1/E

Open

»

Clock/calendar enabled

E1/F

Closed

 

Clock/calendar disabled

E1/F

Open

»

Parallel port uses IRQ7

E2/C

Closed

 

Parallel port does not use IRQ7

E2/C

Open

»

Factory configured - do not alter

SW1/7

N/A

»

Parity checking on memory enabled

SW1/8

On

 

Parity checking on memory disabled

SW1/8

Off

DRAM CONFIGURATION

Size

Bank 0

Bank 1

Bank 2

Bank 3

Bank 4

Bank 5

0KB

None

None

None

None

None

None

64KB

(9) 64K x 1

None

None

None

None

None

128KB

(9) 64K x 1

(9) 64K x 1

None

None

None

None

192KB

(9) 64K x 1

(9) 64K x 1

(9) 64K x 1

None

None

None

256KB

(9) 64K x 1

(9) 64K x 1

(9) 64K x 1

(9) 64K x 1

None

None

320KB

(9) 64K x 1

(9) 64K x 1

(9) 64K x 1

(9) 64K x 1

(9) 64K x 1

None

384KB

(9) 64K x 1

(9) 64K x 1

(9) 64K x 1

(9) 64K x 1

(9) 64K x 1

(9) 64K x 1

DRAM SWITCH CONFIGURATION

Size

SW1/4

SW1/5

SW1/6

0KB

Off

Off

Off

64KB

Off

Off

On

128KB

Off

On

Off

192KB

Off

On

On

256KB

On

Off

Off

320KB

On

Off

On

384KB

On

On

Off

STARTING MEMORY ADDRESS SELECTION

Setting

S1/1

S1/2

S1/3

64KB

Off

Off

Off

128KB

Off

Off

On

192KB

Off

On

Off

256KB

Off

On

On

320KB

On

Off

Off

384KB

On

Off

On

448KB

On

On

Off

512KB

On

On

On

SERIAL PORT ADDRESS SELECTION

Setting

E1/A

E1/B

»

COM1: (3F8h)

Closed

Open

 

COM2: (2F8h)

Open

Closed

SERIAL PORT INTERRUPT SELECTION

Setting

E2/A

E2/B

 

IRQ3

Closed

Open

»

IRQ4

Open

Closed

SERIAL PORT CTS SIGNAL

Setting

E3/A

E3/B

»

CTS normal

Open

Closed

 

CTS forced high

Closed

Open

SERIAL PORT DSR SIGNAL

Setting

E3/C

E3/D

»

DSR normal

Open

Closed

 

DSR forced high

Closed

Open

SERIAL PORT DCD SIGNAL

Setting

E3/E

E3/F

»

DCD normal

Open

Closed

 

DCD forced high

Closed

Open

PARALLEL PORT ADDRESS SELECTION

Setting

E1/C

E1/D

»

378h

Closed

Open

 

278h

Open

Closed