TYAN COMPUTER CORPORATION
S1372 (REV. 1.0)
Data bus: | 16-bit, ISA |
Size: | Half-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 | CN1 |
10-pin serial port 2 - internal | CN2 |
9-pin serial port 1 - external | CN3 |
Game port | CN4 |
40-pin IDE (AT) Interface connector | CN5 |
34-pin control cable connector - floppy drive | CN6 |
4-pin connector - drive active LED | CN7 |
14-pin connector - Custom IRQ Header | CN8 |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function | Location | Setting | |
| » | Game port enabled | J6 | closed |
Game port disabled | J6 | open | |
| » | IDE IRQ14 enabled | J22 | pins 2 & 3 closed |
IDE IRQ15 enabled | J22 | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
| » | Factory configured - do not alter | J50 | n/a |
SERIAL PORT 1 CONFIGURATION | |||
COM/Address | J14 | J15 | |
| » | COM1/3F8h | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed |
COM2/2F8h | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
SERIAL PORT 1 CONFIGURATION | ||
COM/Address | J14 | J15 |
COM3/3E8h | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed |
Disabled | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed |
SERIAL PORT 2 CONFIGURATION | |||
COM/Address | J16 | J17 | |
| » | COM2/2F8h | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed |
COM1/3F8h | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
COM4/2E8h | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
Disabled | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
SERIAL PORTS 1 & 2 INTERRUPT SELECT | ||||||
Port 1 | Port 2 | J1 | J2 | J3 | J4 | |
| » | IRQ4 | IRQ3 | open | closed | closed | open |
IRQ4 | Disabled | open | closed | open | open | |
Disabled | IRQ3 | open | open | closed | open | |
IRQ3 | IRQ4 | open | J2 pin 1 to J3 pin 1 closed, and J2 pin 2 to J3 pin 2 closed | Open | ||
IRQ3 | Disabled | open | J2 pin 1 to J3 pin 1 closed | Open | ||
Disabled | IRQ4 | open | J2 pin 2 to J3 pin 2 closed | Open | ||
IRQ5 | IRQ3 | open | closed | J3 pin 2 to J4 pin 2 closed | ||
IRQ5 | Disabled | open | open | J3 pin 2 to J4 pin 2 closed | ||
IRQ4 | IRQ5 | J1 pin 2 to J2 pin 2 closed | closed | open | ||
Disabled | IRQ5 | J1 pin 2 to J2 pin 2 closed | open | open | ||
PARALLEL PORT CONFIGURATION | |||
LPT/Address | J18 | J19 | |
| » | LPT1/378h | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed |
LPT2/278h | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
LPT3/3BCh | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Disabled | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
PARALLEL PORT INTERRUPT SELECT | |||
IRQ | J4 | J5 | |
| » | IRQ7 | open | closed |
IRQ5 | closed | open | |
Disabled | open | open | |
ADVANCED PARALLEL PORT FUNCTIONS | |||
Setting | J23 | J24 | |
| » | Standard PRN mode only enabled | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed |
ECP, EPP and PRN modes enabled | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
EPP and PRN modes enabled | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
ECP and PRN modes enabled | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Note:ECP = Extended Capabilities Mode, EPP = Enhanced Parallel Port. | |||
EXTENDED CAPABILITIES PORT (ECP) DMA SELECT | ||||||
DMA | J7 | J8 | J9 | J10 | J11 | |
| » | Disabled | open | open | open | open | open |
DMA1 | closed | open | open | closed | closed | |
DMA3 | closed | closed | closed | open | open | |
Note:DMA3 is the preferred setting when the ECP mode is enabled. | ||||||
FLOPPY DRIVE CONFIGURATION | |||
Address | J12 | J13 | |
| » | 3F0h | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed |
370h | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Disabled | N/A | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
IDE PORT CONFIGURATION | |||
Address | J20 | J21 | |
| » | 1F0h | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed |
170h | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
Disabled | N/A | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES |
CN8 is used to configure the card to comply with the PCI IDE Legacy convention. A special cable is required to connect to applicable hard drives. |