ADAPTEC, INC.
AHA-2840VL, AHA-2842VL
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 Data bus:  | 
 32-bit VL-Bus  | 
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 Size:  | 
 Full-lengh, 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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 34-pin floppy drive connector  | 
 J2  | 
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 50-pin SCSI connector - internal  | 
 J3  | 
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 50-pin SCSI connector - external  | 
 J4  | 
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 USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS  | |||
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 Function  | 
 Location  | 
 Setting  | |
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 »  | 
 Floppy drive enabled  | 
 S1/switch 5  | 
 off  | 
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 Floppy drive disabled  | 
 S1/switch 5  | 
 on  | 
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 »  | 
 Host adapter BIOS enabled  | 
 S1/switch 8  | 
 off  | 
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 Host adapter BIOS disabled  | 
 S1/switch 8  | 
 on  | 
Note: Disabling the host adapter BIOS for non-disk devices such as CD-ROM drives, tape drives, will reduce boot up time.  | |||
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 I/O ADDRESS SELECTION  | |||||
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 Address  | 
 S1/Switch 1  | 
 S1/Switch 2  | 
 S1/Switch 3  | 
 S1/Switch 4  | |
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 1C000h  | 
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 off  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
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 2C000h  | 
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 off  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
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 3C000h  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
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 4C000h  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
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 5C000h  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
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 6C000h  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
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 7C000h  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
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 8C000h  | 
 on  | 
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 on  | 
 off  | 
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 9C000h  | 
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 on  | 
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 AC000h  | 
 on  | 
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 off  | 
 on  | 
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 BC000h  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
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 on  | 
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 CC000h  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
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 DC000h  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
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 EC000h  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
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 Reserved  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
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 Reserved  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
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 BASE ADDRESS SELECTION  | ||
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 Address  | 
 S1/Switch 6  | 
 S1/Switch 7  | 
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 D8000h  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
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 C8000h  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
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 D0000h  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
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 E0000h  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
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 MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES  | 
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 Only single-ended SCSI devices can be connected to the AHA-2840VL/2842VL.  |