PROMISE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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   DC2000 (VER. 2)

   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   | Data bus:         | 32-bit, VL-bus                         |
   |-------------------+----------------------------------------|
   | Size:             | Three/quarter-length, half-height card |
   |-------------------+----------------------------------------|
   | Hard drive        | Two IDE (AT) Interface drives          |
   | supported:        |                                        |
   |-------------------+----------------------------------------|
   | Floppy drives     | Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB     |
   | supported:        | drives                                 |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+

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   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                        CONNECTIONS                         |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |                   Function                    |  Location  |
   |-----------------------------------------------+------------|
   | 25-pin parallel port (LPT1/2/3) - external    |    CN1     |
   |-----------------------------------------------+------------|
   | 34-pin control cable connector - floppy drive |     J1     |
   |-----------------------------------------------+------------|
   | 40-pin IDE (AT) Interface connector           |     J2     |
   |-----------------------------------------------+------------|
   | 10-pin serial port 1 (COM1/3) - external      |    JP3     |
   |-----------------------------------------------+------------|
   | 10-pin serial port 2 (COM2/4) - internal      |    JP4     |
   |-----------------------------------------------+------------|
   | 4-pin connector - drive active LED            |    JP7     |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                      HARD DRIVE SPEED                      |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |      Speed       |    JP6/jumper 1    |    JP6/jumper 2    |
   |------------------+--------------------+--------------------|
   |>> |      0       | pins 1 & 2 closed  | pins 1 & 2 closed  |
   |---+--------------+--------------------+--------------------|
   |   |      1       | pins 2 & 3 closed  | pins 1 & 2 closed  |
   |---+--------------+--------------------+--------------------|
   |   |      2       | pins 2 & 3 closed  | pins 2 & 3 closed  |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                 USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS                 |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |            Function            |   Location   |  Setting   |
   |--------------------------------+--------------+------------|
   |>> | Parallel port (CN1) is     |     JP1      |   closed   |
   |   | uni-directional            |              |            |
   |---+----------------------------+--------------+------------|
   |   | Parallel port (CN1) is     |     JP1      |    open    |
   |   | bi-directional             |              |            |
   |---+----------------------------+--------------+------------|
   |>> | Floppy drive enabled       | JP2/jumper 7 | pins 1 & 2 |
   |   |                            |              |   closed   |
   |---+----------------------------+--------------+------------|
   |   | Floppy drive disabled      | JP2/jumper 7 | pins 2 & 3 |
   |   |                            |              |   closed   |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |             SERIAL PORT 1 (JP3) CONFIGURATION              |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |       COM        |    JP2/jumper 1    |    JP2/jumper 2    |
   |------------------+--------------------+--------------------|
   |>> | COM1 (3F8h)  | pins 1 & 2 closed  | pins 2 & 3 closed  |
   |---+--------------+--------------------+--------------------|
   |   | COM3 (3E8h)  | pins 2 & 3 closed  | pins 1 & 2 closed  |
   |---+--------------+--------------------+--------------------|
   |   |   Disabled   | pins 2 & 3 closed  | pins 2 & 3 closed  |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |             SERIAL PORT 2 (JP4) CONFIGURATION              |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |       COM        |    JP2/jumper 3    |    JP2/jumper 4    |
   |------------------+--------------------+--------------------|
   |>> | COM2 (2F8h)  | pins 1 & 2 closed  | pins 2 & 3 closed  |
   |---+--------------+--------------------+--------------------|
   |   | COM4 (2E8h)  | pins 2 & 3 closed  | pins 1 & 2 closed  |
   |---+--------------+--------------------+--------------------|
   |   |   Disabled   | pins 2 & 3 closed  | pins 2 & 3 closed  |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |             PARALLEL PORT (CN1) CONFIGURATION             ||
   |-----------------------------------------------------------||
   | Address & IRQ  |  JP2/jumper 5  | JP2/jumper | JP2/jumper ||
   |                |                |     6      |     8      ||
   |----------------+----------------+------------+------------||
   |>>  |   LPT3    |   pins 1 & 2   | pins 1 & 2 | pins 2 & 3 ||
   |    |  (3BCh)   |     closed     |   closed   |   closed   ||
   |----+-----------+----------------+------------+------------||
   |    |   LPT1    |   pins 2 & 3   | pins 1 & 2 | pins 2 & 3 ||
   |    |  (378h)   |     closed     |   closed   |   closed   ||
   |----+-----------+----------------+------------+------------||
   |    |   LPT2    |   pins 1 & 2   | pins 2 & 3 | pins 1 & 2 ||
   |    |  (278h)   |     closed     |   closed   |   closed   ||
   |----+-----------+----------------+------------+------------||
   |    | Disabled  |   pins 2 & 3   | pins 2 & 3 |  all pins  ||
   |    |           |     closed     |   closed   |    open    ||
   |----+-------------------------------------------------------|
   |    |       LPT1 & LPT3 uses IRQ7 and LPT2 uses IRQ5        |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                        BIOS ADDRESS                        |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |   Address    |  JP5/1  | JP5/2  | JP5/3  | JP5/4  | JP5/5  |
   |--------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+--------|
   |>> |  D8000h  |  open   |  open  | closed | closed | closed |
   |---+----------+---------+--------+--------+--------+--------|
   |   |  DE000h  |  open   |  open  |  open  |  open  | closed |
   |---+----------+---------+--------+--------+--------+--------|
   |   |  DC000h  |  open   |  open  |  open  | closed | closed |
   |---+----------+---------+--------+--------+--------+--------|
   |   |  DA000h  |  open   |  open  | closed |  open  | closed |
   |---+----------+---------+--------+--------+--------+--------|
   |   |  D6000h  |  open   | closed |  open  |  open  | closed |
   |---+----------+---------+--------+--------+--------+--------|
   |   |  D4000h  |  open   | closed |  open  | closed | closed |
   |---+----------+---------+--------+--------+--------+--------|
   |   |  D2000h  |  open   | closed | closed |  open  | closed |
   |---+----------+---------+--------+--------+--------+--------|
   |   |  D0000h  |  open   | closed | closed | closed | closed |
   |---+----------+---------+--------+--------+--------+--------|
   |   |  CE000h  | closed  |  open  |  open  |  open  | closed |
   |---+----------+---------+--------+--------+--------+--------|
   |   |  CC000h  | closed  |  open  |  open  | closed | closed |
   |---+----------+---------+--------+--------+--------+--------|
   |   |  CA000h  | closed  |  open  | closed |  open  | closed |
   |---+----------+---------+--------+--------+--------+--------|
   |   |  C8000h  | closed  |  open  | closed | closed | closed |
   |---+----------+---------+--------+--------+--------+--------|
   |   | Disabled |   n/a   |  n/a   |  n/a   |  n/a   |  open  |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+