NCL AMERICA

NCL 5355, NCL 5356

Data bus: 16-bit, ISA

Size: Half-length, full-height card

Hard drives supported: Two ESDI RLL drives

Floppy drives supported: NCL 5355:Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB

NCL 5356:None

Maximum heads/cyl.: 16 heads and 2048 cylinders

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                                CONNECTIONS

  34-pin control cable connector-hard drive                     CN1

  20-pin data cable connector-drive 0                           CN2

  20-pin data cable connector-drive 1                           CN3

  34-pin data cable connector-floppy drive (NCL 5355            CN4
  only)

  4-pin connector-drive active LED                              CN5

                        USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

               Function                    Location           Setting

  »   Hard drive port address                 JP1            pins 1 & 2
      1F0-1F7h                                                closed

      Hard drive port address                 JP1            pins 2 & 3
      170-177h                                                closed

  »   System ROM is 128KB                     JP2            pins 2 & 3
                                                              closed

      System ROM is 256KB                     JP2            pins 1 & 2
                                                              closed

  »   BIOS ROM is 256KB                       JP3            pins 1 & 2
                                                              closed

      BIOS ROM is 128KB                       JP3            pins 2 & 3
                                                              closed

  »   Factory configured - do not             JP4               N/A
      alter

  »   Factory configured - do not             JP5             closed
      alter

  »   Factory configured - do not             JP6              open
      alter

  »   Floppy drive port address is            JP7             closed
      3F2-3F7h

      Floppy drive port address is            JP7              open
      372-377h

  »   Factory configured - do not             JP8              open
      alter

  »   Factory configured - do not             JP9               all
      alter

  »   Cache enabled                          JP10              open

      Cache disabled                         JP10             closed

  »   Sector sparing enabled                 JP11             closed

      Sector sparing disabled                JP11              open

  »   Factory configured - do not            JP12               N/A
      alter

  »   Buffer size is 64KB                    JP13             closed

      Buffer size is 16KB                    JP13              open

  »   Buffer size is 32KB                    JP14            pins 1 & 2
                                                              closed

      Buffer size is 8KB                     JP14            pins 2 & 3
                                                              closed

  »   Factory configured - do not            JP15             closed
      alter