PROMISE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
DC4000
Data bus: | 32-bit, VL-bus |
Size: | Three/quarter-length, half-height card |
Hard drive supported: | Two IDE (AT) Interface drives |
Floppy drives supported: | Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB drives |

CONNECTIONS | |
Function | Location |
25-pin parallel port (LPT1/2) - external | CN1 |
40-pin IDE (AT) Interface connector | J1 |
34-pin control cable connector - floppy drive | J2 |
4-pin connector - drive active LED | JP1 |
10-pin serial port 2 (COM2/3/4) - internal | JP3 |
10-pin serial port 1 (COM1/2/3) - external | JP4 |
HARD DRIVE SPEED | |||
Speed | JP2/jumper 1 | JP2/jumper 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 | |
PARALLEL, SERIAL AND FLOPPY DRIVE ADDRESS CONFIGURATION | |||||||||
Floppy | JP4 | JP3 | CN1 | JP5/1 | JP5/2 | JP5/3 | JP5/4 | JP5/5 | |
| » | Primary | COM1 | COM2 | LPT2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 |
Primary | COM1 | COM2 | LPT1 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | |
Primary | COM1 | COM2 | LPT1 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | |
Primary | COM3 | COM4 | LPT1 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | |
Primary | COM2 | COM3 | LPT2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | |
Primary | COM3 | COM4 | LPT2 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | |
Primary | COM1 | Disabled | LPT2 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | |
Primary | COM1 | Disabled | LPT1 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | |
Primary | COM1 | Disabled | LPT1 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | |
Primary | COM3 | Disabled | LPT1 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | |
Primary | COM3 | Disabled | LPT2 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | |
Primary | COM3 | Disabled | LPT2 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | |
Primary | COM1 | COM2 | LPT2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | |
Primary | COM1 | COM2 | LPT1 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | |
Primary | COM3 | COM4 | LPT1 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | |
Primary | COM2 | COM3 | LPT2 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | |
Primary | Disabled | Disabled | LPT2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | |
Primary | Disabled | Disabled | LPT1 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | |
Primary | Disabled | Disabled | LPT1 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | |
Primary | Disabled | Disabled | LPT2 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | |
Disabled | COM1 | COM2 | LPT2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | |
Disabled | COM1 | COM2 | LPT1 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | |
Disabled | COM3 | COM4 | LPT1 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | |
Disabled | COM2 | COM3 | LPT2 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | |
Primary | COM1 | COM2 | LPT2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | |
Primary | COM1 | COM2 | LPT1 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | |
Secondary | COM1 | COM2 | LPT1 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | |
Primary | COM3 | COM4 | LPT2 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | |
Primary | COM2 | COM3 | LPT2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | |
Secondary | COM3 | COM4 | LPT2 | 2 & 3 | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | |
Primary | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled | 1 & 2 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | |
Disabled | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | 2 & 3 | |
Note:Pins designated should be in a closed position Floppy drive addresses: Primary - 3F2, 3F4, 3F5, &3F7h; Secondary - 372, 374, 375, & 377h Secondary floppy address requires a device driver to function Parallel port addresses and Interrupt Requests: LPT1 - 378h & IRQ7; LPT2 - 278h & IRQ7 | |||||||||
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function | Location | Setting | |
| » | I/O port address is 398, 399h | JP6 | pins 1 & 2 closed |
I/O port address is 26E, 26Fh | JP6 | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
BIOS ADDRESS | ||||||
Address | JP7/1 | JP7/2 | JP7/3 | JP7/4 | JP7/5 | |
DE000h | open | open | open | open | closed | |
DC000h | open | open | open | closed | closed | |
DA000h | open | open | closed | open | closed | |
| » | D8000h | open | open | closed | closed | 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 | |