PARADISE ACCELERATOR/PORTS O' CALL 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 drives

Floppy drives supported:

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

CONNECTIONS

Function

Location

15-pin VGA analog video port - external

CN1

25-pin parallel port (LPT1/2/3) - external

CN2

10-pin serial port 1 (COM1/2/3) - internal

CN3

10-pin serial port 2 (COM1/2/4) - internal

CN4

15-pin game port - internal

CN5

34-pin control cable connector - floppy drive 0

CN6

34-pin control cable connector - floppy drive 1

CN7

26-pin VESA feature connector - internal

CN8

40-pin IDE(AT) Interface connector

CN9

2-pin connector - Drive active LED

J1

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Function

Location

Setting

»

VL-bus IDE enabled

JP1

pins 1 & 2 closed

VL-bus IDE disabled

JP1

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

60Hz refresh rate in mode 3, 12, 5E, 5F

JP7/jumper 1

open

72Hz refresh rate in mode 3, 12, 5E, 5F

JP7/jumper 1

closed

»

0 wait state enabled

JP7/jumper 2

closed

1 wait state enabled

JP7/jumper 2

open

»

Hardware configuration by JP10 enabled

JP7/jumper 3

open

EEPROM configuration enabled

JP7/jumper 3

closed

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Function

Location

Setting

»

Standard fonts enabled

JP10/jumper 5

open

TUV fonts enabled (German standard)

JP10/jumper 5

closed

»

Serial Port Interrupt Request IRQ3 enabled

JP19/jumper 1 or 2

closed

Serial Port Interrupt Request disabled

JP19/jumper 1 and 2

open

»

Parallel Port Interrupt Request IRQ7 enabled

JP21

pins 1 & 2 closed

Parallel Port Interrupt Request IRQ5 enabled

JP21

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Printer Data Request is DREQ3

JP24

pins 1 & 2 closed

Printer Data Request is DREQ3

JP24

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Printer Data Acknowledge Is DACK3

JP26

pins 1 & 2 closed

Printer Data Acknowledge is DACK4

JP26

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Floppy drive enabled

JP28

pins 1 & 2 closed

Floppy drive disabled

JP28

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Hard drive enabled

JP29

pins 1 & 2 closed

Hard drive disabled

JP29

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Game Port (CN5) enabled

JP32

pins 1 & 2 closed

Game Port (CN5) disabled

JP32

open

»

Hard drive port address is 1F0-1F7h

JP34

pins 1 & 2 closed

Hard drive port address is 170-177h

JP34

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Floppy drive port address is 3F0-3F7h

JP35

pins 1 & 2 closed

Floppy drive port address is 370-377h

JP35

pins 2 & 3 closed

800 X 600 X 16 MODE/256 COLOR MODE REFRESH RATE

Function

JP10/jumper 1

JP10/jumper 2

»

56Hz vertical/<=35.3KHz horizontal/non-interlaced

open

open

56Hz vertical/<=35.3KHz horizontal/non-interlaced

closed

closed

72Hz vertical/>=48.2KHz horizontal/non-interlaced

closed

open

60Hz vertical/>=38.0KHz horizontal/non-interlaced

open

closed

1024 X 768 MODE REFRESH RATE

Function

JP10/jumper 3

JP10/jumper 4

»

86.7Hz vertical/>=35.4KHz horizontal/interlaced

open

open

72Hz vertical/<=59.7KHz horizontal/non-interlaced

closed

closed

70Hz vertical/<=56.6KHz horizontal/non-interlaced

closed

open

60Hz vertical/<=48.5KHz horizontal/non-interlaced

open

closed

SERIAL PORT 1 (CN3) CONFIGURATION

COM

JP27/jumper 1

JP27/jumper 2

»

COM1

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

COM2

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

COM3

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

Disabled

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

SERIAL PORT 2 (CN4) CONFIGURATION

COM

JP30/jumper 1

JP30/jumper 2

COM1

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

COM2

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

COM4

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

Disabled

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

PARALLEL PORT (CN2) CONFIGURATION

LPT

JP31/jumper 1

JP31/j umper 2

»

LPT1

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

LPT2

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

LPT3

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

Disabled

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES

Jumper JP4 is factory configured to pins 2 & 3 closed - do not alter.