ALWAYS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
AL-7048
Data bus: | 32-bit, VL-bus |
Size: | Full-length, full-height card |
Hard drive supported: | Up to seven SCSI devices, and two IDE (AT) interface drives |
Floppy drives supported: | Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB or 1.44MB drives |

CONNECTIONS | |
Function | Location |
4-pin connector - drive active LED | CN1 |
50-pin SCSI-2 connector - internal | CN2 |
40-pin IDE (AT) interface connector - port 1 | CN3 |
34-pin control cabled connector - floppy drive 1 | CN4 |
34-pin control cabled connector - floppy drive 2 | CN5 |
10-pin serial port 2 - internal | CN6 |
26-pin parallel port connector | CN7 |
9-pin serial port 1 - external | CN8 |
50-pin SCSI-2 connector - external | CN9 |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function | Location | Setting | |
» | Factory configured - do not alter | SW1/9 | N/A |
» | Multiple drive support enabled | SW1/10 | on |
| Multiple drive support disabled | SW1/10 | off |
» | Factory configured - do not alter | SW3/1 | N/A |
» | Standard parallel port mode enabled | SW3/2 | On |
| Enhanced parallel port mode enabled | SW3/2 | off |
» | Enhanced parallel port DMA1 enabled | SW3/3 | on |
| Enhanced parallel port DMA3 enabled | SW3/3 | off |
» | SCSI synchronous negotiation enabled | SW3/4 | on |
| SCSI synchronous negotiation disabled | SW3/4 | off |
» | Factory configured - do not alter | SW3/5 | N/A |
» | Factory configured - do not alter | SW3/6 | N/A |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function | Location | Setting | |
» | 16 transfers/BUS Grant enabled | SW3/7 | on |
| 2 transfers/BUS Grant enabled | SW3/7 | off |
» | 32-bit VESA mode enabled | SW3/8 | on |
| 16-bit VESA mode enabled | SW3/8 | off |
» | Boot ROM enabled | SW3/9 | on |
| Boot ROM disabled | SW3/9 | off |
» | Active termination enabled | SW3/10 | on |
| Active termination disabled | SW3/10 | off |
BIOS ADDRESS | ||||
Address | SW1/1 | SW1/2 | SW1/3 | |
» | C800h | on | on | on |
| CC00h | off | on | on |
| D000h | on | off | on |
| D400h | off | off | on |
| D800h | on | on | off |
| DC00h | off | on | off |
| Disabled | on | off | off |
| Disabled | off | off | off |
I/O ADDRESS | ||||
ISA Address | VESA Address | SW1/4 | SW1/5 | |
» | 110h | E800h | on | on |
| 200h | D800h | off | on |
| 220h | C800h | on | off |
| 100h | F800h | off | off |
IRQ SELECT | |||
IRQ | SW1/6 | SW1/7 | SW1/8 |
IRQ9 | off | on | off |
IRQ10 | on | on | off |
IRQ11 | off | off | on |
IRQ12 | on | off | on |
IRQ14 | off | on | on |
IRQ15 | on | on | on |
Disabled | on | off | off |
Disabled | off | off | off |
SERIAL PORT 1 CONFIGURATION | |||
COM/Address | SW2/1 | SW2/2 | |
» | COM1/3F8h | off | off |
| COM2/2F8h | on | off |
| COM3/3E8h | off | on |
| Disabled | on | on |
SERIAL PORT 2 CONFIGURATION | |||
COM/Address | SW2/3 | SW2/4 | |
» | COM2/2F8h | off | off |
| COM1/3F8h | on | off |
| COM4/2E8h | off | on |
| Disabled | on | on |
PARALLEL PORT CONFIGURATION | |||
LPT/Address | SW2/5 | SW2/6 | |
» | LPT1/378h | on | off |
| LPT2/278h | off | off |
| Disabled | on | on |
IDE PORT | |||
Setting | SW2/7 | SW2/8 | |
» | Primary controller enabled | off | on |
| Secondary controller enabled | off | off |
| Disabled | on | on |
FLOPPY DRIVE | |||
Setting | SW2/9 | SW2/10 | |
» | Primary floppy drive enabled | off | on |
| Secondary floppy drive enabled | off | off |
| Disabled | on | on |
| Disabled | on | off |