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ISA DCB
Data bus: 16-bit, ISA
Size: Three-quarter length, full-height card
Hard drives supported: Up to seven SCSI devices
Floppy drives supported: Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2 MB or 1.44 MB drives
CONNECTIONS | |
Function |
Location |
4-pin connector-drive active LED |
CN1 |
34-pin data cable connector - floppy drives |
CN2 |
50-pin SCSI connector - internal |
CN3 |
50-pin SCSI connector - external |
CN4 |
SCSI ADDRESS | ||||
SCSI ID |
SW1/Switch 1 |
SW1/Switch 2 |
SW1/Switch 3 | |
» |
7 |
on |
on |
on |
0 |
off |
off |
off | |
1 |
on |
off |
off | |
2 |
off |
on |
off | |
3 |
on |
on |
off | |
4 |
off |
off |
on | |
5 |
on |
off |
on | |
6 |
off |
on |
on |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function |
Location |
Setting | |
» |
Floppy drive port address 3F0-3F7h |
JP14 |
open |
Floppy drive port address 370-377h |
JP14 |
closed | |
» |
Floppy drive disabled |
JP15 & JP16 |
open |
Floppy drive enabled |
JP15 & JP16 |
closed | |
» |
I/O channel ready disabled |
JP17/pins 1 & 2 |
closed |
» |
I/O channel ready enabled |
JP17/pins 2 & 3 |
closed |
» |
SCSI Parity check enabled (BT-542 only) |
SW1/switch 4 |
on |
SCSI Parity check disabled (BT-542 only) |
SW1/switch 4 |
off | |
» |
SCSI Auto Sense function enabled |
SW1/switch 5 |
on |
SCSI Auto Sense function disabled |
SW1/switch 5 |
off | |
» |
Synchronous transfer initiation from controller disabled |
SW1/switch 6 |
on |
Synchronous transfer intitiation from controller enabled |
SW1/switch 6 |
off |
DMA CHANNEL | |||
DMA |
SW1/Switch 7 |
SW1/Switch 8 | |
» |
5 |
on |
on |
6 |
off |
on | |
7 |
on |
off | |
Disabled |
off |
off |
I/O PORT ADDRESS | ||||
Address |
SW2/Switch 1 |
SW2/Switch 2 |
SW2/Switch 3 | |
» |
330h-333h |
on |
on |
on |
134h-137h |
on |
off |
off | |
234h-237h |
off |
on |
off | |
334h-337h |
on |
on |
off | |
130h-133h |
on |
off |
on | |
230h-233h |
off |
on |
on | |
Reserved |
off |
off |
on | |
Reserved |
off |
off |
off |
BIOS ADDRESS BT-542B | |||
Address |
SW2/Switch 4 |
SW2/Switch 5 | |
» |
DC000h |
on |
on |
D8000h |
off |
on | |
C8000h |
off |
off | |
Disabled |
on |
off |
BUS TRANSFER RATE BT-542B | |||
Rate |
Jumper JP11 |
Jumper JP13 | |
» |
5.0MB/sec |
open |
open |
» |
5.7MB/sec |
open |
closed |
» |
6.7MB/sec |
closed |
open |
» |
8.0MB/sec |
closed |
closed |
Note: It is recommended that you leave JP11 and JP13 open at all times. |
INTERRUPT REQUEST CONFIGURATION | |||||
IRQ |
SW2/Switch 6 |
SW2/Switch 7 |
SW2/Switch 8 |
JP3 | |
» |
IRQ11 |
on |
on |
on |
open |
IRQ9 |
on |
off |
on |
open | |
IRQ10 |
off |
on |
on |
open | |
IRQ12 |
off |
off |
on |
open | |
IRQ14 |
on |
on |
off |
open | |
IRQ15 |
off |
on |
off |
closed | |
Reserved |
off |
off |
off |
N/A | |
Reserved |
on |
off |
off |
N/A |
INTERRUPT REQUEST CONFIGURATION (CONTINUED) | ||||||
IRQ |
JP4 |
JP5 |
JP6 |
JP7 |
JP8 | |
» |
IRQ11 |
open |
open |
closed |
open |
open |
» |
IRQ9 |
open |
open |
open |
open |
closed |
IRQ10 |
open |
open |
open |
closed |
open | |
IRQ12 |
open |
closed |
open |
open |
open | |
IRQ14 |
closed |
open |
open |
open |
open | |
IRQ15 |
open |
open |
open |
open |
open | |
Reserved |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A | |
Reserved |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTE |
The ISA DCB can operate alone or paired with another ISA DCB. If you are using a pair of ISA DCB’s, please use the following defaults for the second card: SCSI ID: 7, SCSI Parity Check: Disabled, Auto-sense: Enabled, SCSI sych negotiation: Enabled, DMA Channel: 6, I/O Address: 334h, Host BIOS: Disabled, Interrupt: IRQ12. |