
PROMISE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

DC2000A-VL

  Data bus:                  32-bit VL-bus

  Size:                      Three-quarter length, half-height card

  Hard drive supported:      Two IDE(AT) drives

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

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                                CONNECTIONS

                    Function                             Location

  25-pin parallel port - external                          CN1

  34-pin cable connector - floppy drive                     J1

  40-pin IDE(AT) interface connector                        J2

  16-pin game port                                          J6

  9-pin serial port 1 - external, 10-pin                   JP1
  serial port 1 internal

  10-pin serial port 2 - internal                          JP4

  4-pin connector - drive active LED                       JP7

                        USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

              Function                   Location            Setting

  Printer port (CN1) is                     JP2               closed
  uni-directional

  Printer port (CN1) is                     JP2                open
  bi-directional

  Floppy drive interface enabled           JP3/7            pins 1 & 2
                                                              closed

  Floppy drive interface disabled          JP3/7            pins 2 & 3
                                                              closed

  Game port enabled                         JP8               closed

  Game port disabled                        JP8                open

                             HARD DRIVE SPEED

         Speed                    JP6/1                    JP6/2

             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

                      SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS SELECTION

           COM                     JP3/1                    JP3/2

        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 ADDRESS SELECTION

           COM                     JP3/3                    JP3/4

        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 ADDRESS SELECTION

          LPT                 JP3/5            JP3/6           JP3/8

       LPT1 (378h) /       pins 1 & 2       pins 2 & 3      pins 2 & 3
            IRQ7             closed           closed           closed

        LPT2 (278h) /       pins 2 & 3       pins 1 & 2      pins 1 & 2
            IRQ5             closed           closed           closed

        LPT3 (3BCh) /       pins 1 & 2       pins 1 & 2      pins 1 & 2
            IRQ7             closed           closed           closed

          Disabled          pins 2 & 3       pins 2 & 3         open
                             closed           closed

  Note: LPT1 & LPT3 uses IRQ7. 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

