NCL AMERICA
NCL 5027
Data bus: 8-bit, ISA
Size: Half-length, full-height card
Hard drives supported: Two ST506/412 MFM drives
Floppy drives supported: None
Sector Interleave: 6:1
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 CONNECTIONS  | |
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 Function  | 
 Location  | 
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 34-pin control cable connector  | 
 CN1  | 
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 20-pin data cable connector-drive 0  | 
 CN2  | 
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 20-pin data cable connector-drive 1  | 
 CN3  | 
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 USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS  | |||
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 Function  | 
 Location  | 
 Setting  | |
| » | 
 BIOS enabled  | 
 JP1/all  | 
 closed  | 
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 BIOS disabled  | 
 JP1/all  | 
 open  | |
| » | 
 Speed Recalibration set to slow  | 
 JP4  | 
 closed  | 
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 Speed Recalibration set to fast or normal  | 
 JP4  | 
 open  | |
| » | 
 Head select set up to 8 heads  | 
 JP6  | 
 pins 1 & 2 closed  | 
| 
 Head select set up to 16 heads  | 
 JP6  | 
 pins 2 & 3 closed  | |
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 BIOS DRIVE TYPE TABLE FOR THE NCL5027  | |||||||||
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 Hd/Cyl  | 
 #  | 
 S1/1  | 
 S1/2  | 
 S1/3  | 
 S1/4  | 
 S1/5  | 
 S1/6  | 
 S1/7  | 
 S1/8  | 
| 
 7/699  | 
 1  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 on  | 
| 
 6/612  | 
 1  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 off  | 
| 
 2  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 off  | |
| 
 4/640  | 
 1  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 off  | 
| 
 2  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 off  | |
| 
 4/612  | 
 1  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 off  | 
| 
 2  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 off  | |
| 
 2/612  | 
 1  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 off  | 
| 
 2  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 off  | |
| 
 2/306  | 
 1  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 off  | 
| 
 2  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 off  | |
| 
 4/320  | 
 1  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 off  | 
| 
 2  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 off  | |
| 
 4/306  | 
 1  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 off  | 
| 
 2  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 off  | |
| 
 6/640  | 
 1  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 off  | 
| 
 2  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 off  | |
| 
 5/733  | 
 1  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 off  | 
| 
 2  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 off  | |
| 
 7/733  | 
 1  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 on  | 
| 
 5/830  | 
 1  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 on  | 
| 
 7/830  | 
 1  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 on  | 
| 
 10/830  | 
 1  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 on  | 
| 
 15/918  | 
 1  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 on  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 on  | 
| 
 5/977  | 
 1  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 off  | 
 on  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 N/A  | 
 on  | 
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 Note:SW1/switch 8 must be "on" before power-up to enable the drive splitting feature.  | |||||||||
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 MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES  | 
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 Jumper JP2 is the port address jumper and is hard soldered at the factory to 320h. Jumpers JP3, 5, 7, 8, and 9 are Not used and their exact location is unknown.  |