AST RESEARCH, INC.
MEGAPLUS (REV. 6)
Card Type | Multi-I/O card |
Chip Set | Unidentified |
Maximum Onboard Memory | 512KB DRAM (with MegaPak option) |
I/O Options | Parallel port, serial ports (2) |
Data Bus | 8-bit ISA |
Floppy drives supported | None |

CONNECTIONS | |||
Function | Label | Function | Label |
Serial port 1 | J1 | DCE connector | J4 |
Parallel port | J2 | Daughter board connector | J5 |
DTE connector | J3 | ||
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function | Label | Position | |
| » | DTE pin select | JP1 | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
DCE pin select | JP1 | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
COM 1 enabled | JP3 | Pins 3 & 4 closed | |
COM 2 enabled | JP3 | Pins 5 & 6 closed | |
DRAM CONFIGURATION | ||||
Size | Bank 0 | Bank 1 | Bank 2 | Bank 3 |
64KB | (8) 64K x 1 | None | None | None |
128KB | (8) 64K x 1 | (8) 64K x 1 | None | None |
192KB | (8) 64K x 1 | (8) 64K x 1 | (8) 64K x 1 | None |
256KB | (8) 64K x 1 | (8) 64K x 1 | (8) 64K x 1 | (8) 64K x 1 |
INTERRUPT CONFIGURATION | ||||||||
IRQ | JP4/A | JP4/B | JP4/C | JP4/D | JP4/E | JP4/F | JP4/G | JP4/H |
IRQ2S | Closed | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ2C | Open | Closed | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ3S | Open | Open | Closed | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ3 | Open | Open | Open | Closed | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ4 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Closed | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ4C | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Closed | Open | Open |
IRQ5C | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Closed | Open |
IRQ5S | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Closed |
MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES |
Note: The purpose of JP2 is unidentified. |