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DC2000B-VL/DC2000C-VL

  Data bus:                  32-bit VL-bus

  Size:                      Three-quarter length, half-height card

  Hard drive supported:      Two IDE(AT) drives

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

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                                CONNECTIONS

                    Function                              Location

  40-pin primary IDE(AT) connector                           J1

  34-pin cable connector - floppy drive                      J2

  4-pin connector - drive active LED                        JP1

  16-pin game port                                          JP5

  10-pin serial port 2 - internal                           JP6

  10-pin serial port 1 internal/9-pin serial                JP7
  port 1 external

  25-pin parallel port - external                           JP9

                        USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

               Function                    Location           Setting

  »   Parallel port IRQ 7 select             JP3/G           Pins 2 & 3
                                                              closed

      Parallel port IRQ 5 select             JP3/G           Pins 1 & 2
                                                              closed

  »   Floppy drive interface enabled         JP3/H           Pins 1 & 2
                                                              closed

      Floppy drive interface disabled        JP3/H           Pins 2 & 3
                                                              closed

      Parallel port is                        JP4             Closed
      uni-directional

      Parallel port is bi-directional         JP4              Open

  »   Game port enabled                       JP8             Closed

      Game port disabled                      JP8              Open

                      PARALLEL PORT ADDRESS SELECTION

             LPT                      JP3/E                  JP3/F

  »        LPT1 (378h)          Pins 1 & 2 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 2 & 3 closed      Pins 2 & 3 closed

                      SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS SELECTION

             COM                      JP3/A                  JP3/B

  »        COM1 (3F8h)          Pins 1 & 2 closed      Pins 2 & 3 closed

           COM3 (3E8h)          Pins 2 & 3 closed      Pins 1 & 2 closed

           COM4 (2E8h)          Pins 1 & 2 closed      Pins 1 & 2 closed

             Disabled           Pins 2 & 3 closed      Pins 2 & 3 closed

                      SERIAL PORT 2 ADDRESS SELECTION

             COM                      JP3/C                  JP3/D

  »        COM2 (2F8h)          Pins 1 & 2 closed      Pins 2 & 3 closed

           COM3 (3E8h)          Pins 1 & 2 closed      Pins 1 & 2 closed

           COM4 (2E8h)          Pins 2 & 3 closed      Pins 1 & 2 closed

             Disabled           Pins 2 & 3 closed      Pins 2 & 3 closed

                   IDE SPEED SELECTION (MODEL DC-2000B)

          IRQ                    JP2/A                     JP2/B

  »       Speed 0          Pins 1 & 2 closed         Pins 1 & 2 closed

          Speed 1          Pins 2 & 3 closed         Pins 1 & 2 closed

          Speed 2          Pins 2 & 3 closed         Pins 2 & 3 closed

                   IDE SPEED SELECTION (MODEL DC-2000C)

          IRQ                    JP2/A                     JP2/B

  »       Speed 0          Pins 1 & 2 closed         Pins 1 & 2 closed

          Speed 2          Pins 2 & 3 closed         Pins 1 & 2 closed

          Speed 4          Pins 1 & 2 closed         Pins 2 & 3 closed

          Speed 6          Pins 2 & 3 closed         Pins 2 & 3 closed

                       MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES

    Configurable differences between models DC-2000B and DC-2000C are in
     the drive speed settings. These are displayed in separate tables.