PROMISE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
DC420
Data bus: | 32-bit, VL-bus |
Size: | Three/quarter-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 |
25-pin parallel port - external | CN1 |
9-pin serial port 1 - external | CN2 |
10-pin serial port 2 - internal | CN3 |
34-pin control cable connector - floppy drive | J1 |
40-pin IDE (AT) Interface connector | J3 |
4-pin connector - drive active LED | JP3 |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function | Location | Setting | |
| » | Main board supports VL-bus ID3 (speed < 50MHz) | JP1 | pins 1 & 2 closed |
Main board does not support VL-bus ID3 (speed > 50MHz) | JP1 | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| » | Factory configured - do not alter | JP2 | pins 1 & 2 closed |
| » | Floppy drive enabled | JP4/G | pins 1 & 2 closed |
Floppy drive disabled | JP4/G | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
SERIAL PORT 1 (CN2) CONFIGURATION | |||
COM/Address/IRQ | JP4/A | JP4/B | |
| » | COM1/3F8h/IRQ4 | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed |
COM3/3E8h/IRQ4 | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Disabled | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
SERIAL PORT 2 (CN3) CONFIGURATION | |||
COM/Address/IRQ | JP4/C | JP4/D | |
| » | COM2/2F8h/IRQ3 | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed |
COM4/2E8h/IRQ3 | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Disabled | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
PARALLEL PORT (CN1) CONFIGURATION | ||||
Address/IRQ | JP4/E | JP4/F | JP4/H | |
| » | 378h/IRQ7 | pin 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed |
3BCh/IRQ7 | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
278h/IRQ5 | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Disabled | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | all pins open | |
PARALLEL PORT BI-DIRECTIONAL FUNCTION | |
Setting | JP5 |
Bi-directional | open |
Uni-directional | closed |
MEMORY CONFIGURATION | |||
Size | Bank 0 | Bank 1 | |
| » | 512KB | (1) 512K x 8 | None |
1MB | (1) 512K x 8 | (4) 256K x 4 | |