PROMISE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
DC2300
Data bus: | 32-bit VESA |
Size: | Full-length, half-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 |
40-pin connector - VL/IDE drive interface | J1 |
4-pin connector - drive activity LED | J2 |
34-pin connector - Floppy drive interface | J3 |
16-pin connector - Game port | J4 |
10-pin connector - Serial port 2 | J5 |
10-pin connector - Serial port 1 | J6 |
25-pin connector - parallel port | J7 |
DISK DATA TRANSFER RATES | ||||
Speed | JP1 | JP2 | JP3 | |
| » | 2 | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed |
0 | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
4 | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
6 | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function | Location | Setting | |
| » | Floppy controller enabled | JP5/jumper H | pins 2 & 3 closed |
Floppy controller disabled | JP5/jumper H | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
| » | Game port enabled | JP5/jumper I | pins 2 & 3 closed |
Game port disabled | JP5/jumper I | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
| » | Parallel data output only enabled | JP6 | pins 2 & 3 closed |
Parallel data input only enabled | JP6 | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
| » | IDE disk controller enabled | JP7 | Closed |
IDE disk controller disabled | JP7 | Open | |
IDE INTERRUPT SELECTION - JP4 | |||||
Address | IRQ | Jumper A | Jumper B | Jumper C | |
| » | Primary | IRQ 14 | open | closed | open |
Secondary | IRQ 12 | closed | open | closed | |
Secondary | IRQ 15 | open | open | closed | |
SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS - JP5 | |||
Address | Jumper A | Jumper B | |
| » | 3F8h | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed |
3E8h | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Disabled | pins 2 & 3 closed | open | |
SERIAL PORT 2 ADDRESS - JP5 | |||
Address | Jumper C | Jumper D | |
| » | 2F8h | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed |
2E8h | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Disabled | pins 2 & 3 closed | open | |
PARALLEL PORT ADDRESS - JP5 | ||||
Address | Jumper E | Jumper F | Jumper G | |
| » | 278h, IRQ7 | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed |
278h, IRQ5 | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
378h, IRQ5 | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
378h, IRQ7 | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
Disabled | pins 1 & 2 closed | open | open | |