PROMISE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
DC2000B-VL/DC2000C-VL
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 Data bus:  | 
 32-bit VL-bus  | 
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 Size:  | 
 Three-quarter length, half-height card  | 
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 Hard drive supported:  | 
 Two IDE(AT) drives  | 
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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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 40-pin primary IDE(AT) connector  | 
 J1  | 
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 34-pin cable connector - floppy drive  | 
 J2  | 
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 4-pin connector - drive active LED  | 
 JP1  | 
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 16-pin game port  | 
 JP5  | 
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 10-pin serial port 2 - internal  | 
 JP6  | 
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 10-pin serial port 1 internal/9-pin serial port 1 external  | 
 JP7  | 
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 25-pin parallel port - external  | 
 JP9  | 
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 USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS  | |||
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 Function  | 
 Location  | 
 Setting  | |
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 Parallel port IRQ 7 select  | 
 JP3/G  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | 
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 Parallel port IRQ 5 select  | 
 JP3/G  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | |
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 Floppy drive interface enabled  | 
 JP3/H  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | 
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 Floppy drive interface disabled  | 
 JP3/H  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | |
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 Parallel port is uni-directional  | 
 JP4  | 
 Closed  | |
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 Parallel port is bi-directional  | 
 JP4  | 
 Open  | |
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 Game port enabled  | 
 JP8  | 
 Closed  | 
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 Game port disabled  | 
 JP8  | 
 Open  | |
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 PARALLEL PORT ADDRESS SELECTION  | |||
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 LPT  | 
 JP3/E  | 
 JP3/F  | |
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 LPT1 (378h)  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | 
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 LPT2 (278h)  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | |
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 LPT3 (3BCh)  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | |
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 Disabled  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | |
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 SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS SELECTION  | |||
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 COM  | 
 JP3/A  | 
 JP3/B  | |
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 COM1 (3F8h)  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | 
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 COM3 (3E8h)  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | |
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 COM4 (2E8h)  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | |
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 Disabled  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | |
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 SERIAL PORT 2 ADDRESS SELECTION  | |||
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 COM  | 
 JP3/C  | 
 JP3/D  | |
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 COM2 (2F8h)  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | 
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 COM3 (3E8h)  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | |
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 COM4 (2E8h)  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | |
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 Disabled  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | |
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 IDE SPEED SELECTION (MODEL DC-2000B)  | |||
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 IRQ  | 
 JP2/A  | 
 JP2/B  | |
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 Speed 0  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | 
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 Speed 1  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | |
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 Speed 2  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | |
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 IDE SPEED SELECTION (MODEL DC-2000C)  | |||
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 IRQ  | 
 JP2/A  | 
 JP2/B  | |
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 Speed 0  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | 
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 Speed 2  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | |
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 Speed 4  | 
 Pins 1 & 2 closed  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | |
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 Speed 6  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | 
 Pins 2 & 3 closed  | |
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 MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES  | 
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 Configurable differences between models DC-2000B and DC-2000C are in the drive speed settings. These are displayed in separate tables.  |