VL100 Hard Disk/Floppy Controller Settings and Configuration

Data bus:

32-bit VL-Bus

Size:

Three/quarter-length, full-height card

Hard drive supported:

Two IDE(AT) interface devices

Floppy drives supported:

Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB or 2.88MB drives

CONNECTIONS

Function

Location

9-pin serial port 1 - external

CN1

25-pin parallel port - external

CN2

40-pin IDE(AT) connector

J1

34-pin cable connector - floppy drive

JP3

16-pin game port

JP8

10-pin serial port 2 - internal

JP9

4-pin connector - drive active LED

JP27

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Function

Location

Setting

»

Floppy drive enabled

J6/pins 1 & 2

closed

Floppy drive disabled

J6/pins 2 & 3

closed

VL100 supports two floppy drives

J7/pins 1 & 2

closed

Reserved for factory use

J7/pins 2 & 3

closed

»

IDE interface enabled

JP21/pins 1 & 2

closed

IDE interface disabled

JP21/pins 2 & 3

closed

»

VL100 supports two IDE drives

JP28

open

VL100 supports one IDE drive

JP28

closed

»

IDE address is 034h, 038h, 03Ch

JP24/pins 1 & 2

closed

IDE address is 0B4h, 0B8h, 0BCh

JP24/pins 2 & 3

closed

SERIAL PORTS CONFIGURATION

Port 1

Port 2

J2

J5

J8

JP6

JP7

»

COM1

COM2

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

COM2

COM1

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

COM1

Disabled

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

Disabled

COM1

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

COM2

Disabled

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

Disabled

COM2

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

COM3

COM4

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

COM4

COM3

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

COM3

Disabled

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

Disabled

COM3

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

COM4

Disabled

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

Disabled

COM4

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

COM1

COM4

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

COM4

COM1

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

COM1

Disabled

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

Disabled

COM1

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

COM4

Disabled

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

Disabled

COM4

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

COM2

COM3

1 & 2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

COM3

COM2

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

COM2

Disabled

2 & 3

1 & 2

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

Disabled

COM2

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

COM3

Disabled

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

2 & 3

Disabled

COM3

1 & 2

2 & 3

1 & 2

2 & 3

2 & 3

Disabled

Disabled

2 & 3

2 & 3

N/A

N/A

N/A

card with M5105A4E I/O chip.

PARALLEL PORT CONFIGURATION

LPT

J3

J4

LPT1(378h)

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

LPT2(278h)

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

LPT3(3BCh)

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

Disabled

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

BIOS ADDRESS

Address

JPA

JPB

»

C8000h

closed

closed

D0000h

open

closed

D8000h

closed

open

E0000h

open

open