ADAPTEC, INC.
AHA-2840VL, AHA-2842VL
Data bus: | 32-bit VL-Bus |
Size: | Full-lengh, full-height card |
Hard drive supported: | Up to seven SCSI devices |
Floppy drives supported: | Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB drives |

CONNECTIONS | |
Function | Location |
4-pin connector - drive active LED | J1 |
34-pin floppy drive connector | J2 |
50-pin SCSI connector - internal | J3 |
50-pin SCSI connector - external | J4 |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function | Location | Setting | |
» | Floppy drive enabled | S1/switch 5 | off |
| Floppy drive disabled | S1/switch 5 | on |
» | Host adapter BIOS enabled | S1/switch 8 | off |
| Host adapter BIOS disabled | S1/switch 8 | on |
Note: Disabling the host adapter BIOS for non-disk devices such as CD-ROM drives, tape drives, will reduce boot up time. | |||
I/O ADDRESS SELECTION | |||||
Address | S1/Switch 1 | S1/Switch 2 | S1/Switch 3 | S1/Switch 4 | |
» | 1C000h | off | off | off | off |
| 2C000h | on | off | off | off |
| 3C000h | off | on | off | off |
| 4C000h | on | on | off | off |
| 5C000h | off | off | on | off |
| 6C000h | on | off | on | off |
| 7C000h | off | on | on | off |
| 8C000h | on | on | on | off |
| 9C000h | off | off | off | on |
| AC000h | on | off | off | on |
| BC000h | off | on | off | on |
| CC000h | on | on | off | on |
| DC000h | off | off | on | on |
| EC000h | on | off | on | on |
| Reserved | off | on | on | on |
| Reserved | on | on | on | on |
BASE ADDRESS SELECTION | ||
Address | S1/Switch 6 | S1/Switch 7 |
D8000h | off | off |
C8000h | on | off |
D0000h | off | on |
E0000h | on | on |
MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES |
Only single-ended SCSI devices can be connected to the AHA-2840VL/2842VL. |