SUPREME I/O Hard Disk/Floppy Controller Settings and Configuration
PEAKTRON COMPUTER, INC.
SUPREME I/O
Data bus: | 16-bit, ISA |
Size: | Half-length, full-height card |
Hard drive supported: | 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 | J1 |
10-pin serial port (COM1/2/3) - internal | J2 |
10-pin serial port (COM2/3/4) - internal | J3 |
40-pin IDE (AT) Interface connector | J4 |
34-pin control cable connector - floppy drive | J5 |
15-pin game port - external | J6 |
25-pin parallel port (LPT1/2/3) - external | J7 |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function | Location | Setting | |
| » | I/O Channel Ready (IOCHRDY) signal enabled* | JP1 | closed |
I/O Channel Ready (IOCHRDY) signal disabled* | JP1 | open | |
| » | Address latch (ALE) enabled* | JP2 | closed |
Address latch (ALE) disabled* | JP2 | open | |
| » | Floppy drive enabled | SW1/switch 6 | off |
Floppy drive disabled | SW1/switch 6 | on | |
| » | Hard drive enabled | SW1/switch 7 | off |
Hard drive disabled | SW1/switch 7 | on | |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | ||||
Function | Location | Setting | ||
| » | Hard drive port address is 1F0-1F7h
Floppy drive port address is 3F0-3F7h | SW1/switch 8 | off | |
Hard drive port address is 170-177h Floppy drive port address is 370-377h | SW1/switch 8 | on | ||
| » | Game Port (J6) enabled | SW1/switch 9 | off | |
Game Port (J6) disabled | SW1/switch 9 | on | ||
*See recommended settings table for JP1 & JP2 at the end of this document. | ||||
SERIAL PORT CONFIGURATION | |||||
COM1 (J2) | COM2 (J3) | SW1/switch 1 | SW1/switch 2 | SW1/switch 3 | |
| » | COM1 (3F8h) | Disabled | on | on | off |
COM2 (2F8h) | Disabled | on | off | on | |
COM1 (3F8h) | COM2 (2F8h) | n/a | off | off | |
2B0h | 2B8h | off | on | on | |
2E0h | COM4 (2E8h) | off | on | off | |
3E0h | COM3 (3E8h) | off | off | on | |
Disabled | Disabled | on | on | on | |
PARALLEL PORT (J7) CONFIGURATION | |||
LPT | SW1/switch 4 | SW1/switch 5 | |
| » | LPT1 (378h) | off | off |
LPT2 (278h) | off | on | |
LPT3 (3BCh) | on | off | |
Disabled | on | on | |
RECOMMENDED IOCHRDY AND ALE SETTINGS | |||
Manufacturer | Jumper JP1 | Jumper JP2 | |
Western Digital | open | open | |
| » | Miniscribe | closed | closed |
Conners | open | closed | |
Fujitsu | open | closed | |
Seagate | open | open | |
MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES |
Second serial port (J3) is an add-on option and requires installation of an upgrade to function. |
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