PROMISE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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   DC2000A-VL

   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   | Data bus:         | 32-bit VL-bus                          |
   |-------------------+----------------------------------------|
   | Size:             | Three-quarter length, half-height card |
   |-------------------+----------------------------------------|
   | Hard drive        | Two IDE(AT) 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 - external                 |   CN1    |
   |-------------------------------------------------+----------|
   | 34-pin cable connector - floppy drive           |    J1    |
   |-------------------------------------------------+----------|
   | 40-pin IDE(AT) interface connector              |    J2    |
   |-------------------------------------------------+----------|
   | 16-pin game port                                |    J6    |
   |-------------------------------------------------+----------|
   | 9-pin serial port 1 - external, 10-pin serial   |   JP1    |
   | port 1 internal                                 |          |
   |-------------------------------------------------+----------|
   | 10-pin serial port 2 - internal                 |   JP4    |
   |-------------------------------------------------+----------|
   | 4-pin connector - drive active LED              |   JP7    |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                 USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS                 |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |              Function              | Location |  Setting   |
   |------------------------------------+----------+------------|
   | Printer port (CN1) is              |   JP2    |   closed   |
   | uni-directional                    |          |            |
   |------------------------------------+----------+------------|
   | Printer port (CN1) is              |   JP2    |    open    |
   | bi-directional                     |          |            |
   |------------------------------------+----------+------------|
   | Floppy drive interface enabled     |  JP3/7   | pins 1 & 2 |
   |                                    |          |   closed   |
   |------------------------------------+----------+------------|
   | Floppy drive interface disabled    |  JP3/7   | pins 2 & 3 |
   |                                    |          |   closed   |
   |------------------------------------+----------+------------|
   | Game port enabled                  |   JP8    |   closed   |
   |------------------------------------+----------+------------|
   | Game port disabled                 |   JP8    |    open    |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                      HARD DRIVE SPEED                      |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |      Speed       |       JP6/1        |       JP6/2        |
   |------------------+--------------------+--------------------|
   |>> |      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  |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |              SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS SELECTION               |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |       COM        |       JP3/1        |       JP3/2        |
   |------------------+--------------------+--------------------|
   |>> | 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 ADDRESS SELECTION               |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |       COM        |       JP3/3        |       JP3/4        |
   |------------------+--------------------+--------------------|
   |>> | 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 ADDRESS SELECTION               |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |         LPT         |   JP3/5    |   JP3/6    |   JP3/8    |
   |---------------------+------------+------------+------------|
   |>> |  LPT1 (378h) /  | pins 1 & 2 | pins 2 & 3 | pins 2 & 3 |
   |   |      IRQ7       |   closed   |   closed   |   closed   |
   |---+-----------------+------------+------------+------------|
   |   |  LPT2 (278h) /  | pins 2 & 3 | pins 1 & 2 | pins 1 & 2 |
   |   |      IRQ5       |   closed   |   closed   |   closed   |
   |---+-----------------+------------+------------+------------|
   |   |  LPT3 (3BCh) /  | pins 1 & 2 | pins 1 & 2 | pins 1 & 2 |
   |   |      IRQ7       |   closed   |   closed   |   closed   |
   |---+-----------------+------------+------------+------------|
   |   |    Disabled     | pins 2 & 3 | pins 2 & 3 |    open    |
   |   |                 |   closed   |   closed   |            |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   | Note: LPT1 & LPT3 uses IRQ7. 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  |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+