AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC.
FAST DISK VLB
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 Data bus:  | 
 32-bit, VL-bus  | 
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 Size:  | 
 Three/quarter-length, full-height card  | 
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 Hard drive supported:  | 
 Up to seven SCSI devices  | 
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 Floppy drives supported:  | 
 Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB drives  | 

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 CONNECTIONS  | |
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 Function  | 
 Location  | 
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 4-pin connector-Drive active LED  | 
 J1  | 
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 20-pin factory test connector  | 
 J2  | 
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 34-pin control cable connector-floppy drive  | 
 J3  | 
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 50-pin SCSI connector - internal  | 
 J4  | 
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 50-pin SCSI connector - external  | 
 J6  | 
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 USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS  | |||
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 Function  | 
 Location  | 
 Setting  | |
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 »  | 
 SCSI termination enabled  | 
 J8  | 
 closed  | 
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  | 
 SCSI termination disabled  | 
 J8  | 
 open  | 
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 »  | 
 Local Bus speed < 50MHz  | 
 J11  | 
 pins 2 & 3 closed  | 
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  | 
 Local Bus speed > 50MHz  | 
 J11  | 
 pins 1 & 2 closed  | 
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 »  | 
 ISA mode enabled  | 
 SW1/switch 6  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 EISA mode enabled  | 
 SW1/switch 6  | 
 on  | 
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 »  | 
 Hard drive capacity > 1GB disabled  | 
 SW2/switch 1  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 Hard drive capacity > 1GB enabled  | 
 SW2/switch 1  | 
 on  | 
| 
 »  | 
 Cache memory enabled  | 
 SW2/switch 2  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 Cache memory disabled  | 
 SW2/switch 2  | 
 on  | 
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 »  | 
 Single-sector commands separate caching disabled  | 
 SW2/switch 3  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 Single-sector commands separate caching enabled  | 
 SW2/switch 3  | 
 on  | 
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 »  | 
 Caching for removable drives disabled  | 
 SW2/switch 4  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 Caching for removable drives enabled  | 
 SW2/switch 4  | 
 on  | 
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 USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS  | |||
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 Function  | 
 Location  | 
 Setting  | |
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 »  | 
 Delayed write caching enabled  | 
 SW2/switch 5  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 Write-through caching enabled  | 
 SW2/switch 5  | 
 on  | 
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 »  | 
 SCSI autoselection time-out enabled  | 
 SW2/switch 6  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 SCSI autoselection time-out disabled  | 
 SW2/switch 6  | 
 on  | 
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 »  | 
 SCSI synchronous negotiation enabled  | 
 SW3/switch 4  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 SCSI synchronous negotiation disabled  | 
 SW3/switch 4  | 
 on  | 
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 »  | 
 SCSI 10MB/sec data transfer rate enabled  | 
 SW3/switch 5  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 SCSI 5MB/sec data transfer rate enabled  | 
 SW3/switch 5  | 
 on  | 
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 »  | 
 Adaptec 154x-type target allocation disabled  | 
 SW3/switch 6  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 Adaptec 154x-type target allocation enabled  | 
 SW3/switch 6  | 
 on  | 
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 »  | 
 32-bit operation (Extended Mode) enabled  | 
 SW3/switch 7  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 32-bit operation (Extended Mode) disabled  | 
 SW3/switch 7  | 
 on  | 
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 »  | 
 Support for 7 drives (DOS 5.0 and later) enabled  | 
 SW3/switch 8  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 Support for 7 drives (DOS 5.0 and later) disabled  | 
 SW3/switch 8  | 
 on  | 
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 »  | 
 Floppy drive enabled  | 
 SW5/switch 1  | 
 on  | 
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  | 
 Floppy drive disabled  | 
 SW5/switch 1  | 
 off  | 
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 »  | 
 Normal operation enabled  | 
 SW5/switch 2  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 Diagnostic mode enabled  | 
 SW5/switch 2  | 
 on  | 
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 SCSI HOST ADAPTER SLOT NUMBER  | ||||
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 Slot Number  | 
 SW1/switch 1  | 
 SW1/switch 2  | 
 SW1/switch 3  | |
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 »  | 
 1  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 2  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 3  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 4  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 5  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
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  | 
 6  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
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  | 
 7  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
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  | 
 8  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
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 MOTHERBOARD SPEED CONFIGURATION  | |||
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 Speed  | 
 SW1/switch 4  | 
 SW1/switch 5  | |
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  | 
 20 or 25MHz  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
| 
 »  | 
 33 or 40MHz  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
| 
 
  | 
 50MHz  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
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 I/O PORT ADDRESS  | ||||
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 Address  | 
 SW3/switch 1  | 
 SW3/switch 2  | 
 SW3/switch 3  | |
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  | 
 130-133h  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 134-137h  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
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  | 
 230-233h  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 234-237h  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
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 »  | 
 330-333h  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 334-337h  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
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 DMA CHANNEL CONFIGURATION  | |||
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 DMA Channel  | 
 SW4/switch 1  | 
 SW4/switch 2  | |
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 »  | 
 5  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 6  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 7  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
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  | 
 No Channel selected  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
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 INRTERRUPT REQUEST CONFIGURATION  | ||||
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 IRQ  | 
 SW4/switch 3  | 
 SW4/switch 4  | 
 SW4/switch 5  | |
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  | 
 9  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 10  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
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 »  | 
 11  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 12  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 14  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
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  | 
 15  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
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 BIOS ADDRESS  | ||||
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 Address  | 
 SW4/switch 6  | 
 SW4/switch 7  | 
 SW4/switch 8  | |
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 »  | 
 C8000h  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 D8000h  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 D4000h  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 D0000h  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
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  | 
 CC000h  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
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 DC000h  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
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  | 
 Disabled  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
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  | 
 Disabled  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
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 MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES  | 
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 J5 is factory configured in the closed position - do not alter  |