RELIALOGIC CORPORATION PRIVATE, LTD.

CA8972F

Data bus:

32-bit, VL-Bus

Size:

Three quarter-length, half-height card

Hard drive supported:

Two IDE (AT) interface drives

Floppy drives supported:

360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB drives

CONNECTIONS

Function

Location

40-pin primary IDE(AT) interface

CN1

40-pin secondary IDE(AT) interface

CN2

34-pin control cable connector - floppy drive

CN3

16-pin Game port

CN4

10-pin serial port 1 - internal

CN5

10-pin serial port 2 - internal

CN6

25-pin parallel port

CN7

9-pin serial port 1 - external

CN8

2-pin drive active LED for primary IDE

JP1

2-pin drive active LED for secondary IDE

JP2

HDD SPEED CONFIGURATION

Speed

JP3

JP4

0

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

1

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

2

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

3

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

Note: Speed "0" is the lowest, speed "3" is the highest.

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Function

Location

Setting

»

Primary IDE interface enabled

JP5

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Primary IDE interface disabled

JP5

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Secondary IDE interface enabled

JP6

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Secondary IDE interface disabled

JP6

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Floppy drive interface enabled

JP9

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Floppy drive interface disabled

JP9

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Parallel port is LPT2

JP14

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Parallel port is LPT3

JP14

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Game port enabled

JP15

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Game port disabled

JP15

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

External floppy drive controller enabled

JP16

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

External floppy drive controller disabled

JP16

pins 2 & 3 closed

Note: When enabling the external floppy drive controller, an external floppy drive can be attached to the parallel port.

PARALLEL PORT MODE CONFIGURATION

MODE

JP7

JP8

»

Standard printer

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

ECP

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

EPP

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Disabled

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

SERIAL PORT 1 CONFIGURATION

COM

JP10

JP11

»

COM1

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

COM3

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Disabled

N/A

pins 2 & 3 closed

SERIAL PORT 2 CONFIGURATION

COM

JP12

JP13

»

COM2

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

COM4

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Disabled

N/A

pins 2 & 3 closed

DMA SELECTION

DMA

JP17

JP18

»

DMA1

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

DMA3

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed