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   DC2000B-VL/DC2000C-VL

   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   | Data bus:         | 32-bit VL-bus                          |
   |-------------------+----------------------------------------|
   | Size:             | Three-quarter length, half-height card |
   |-------------------+----------------------------------------|
   | Hard drive        | Two IDE(AT) drives                     |
   | supported:        |                                        |
   |-------------------+----------------------------------------|
   | Floppy drives     | Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB     |
   | supported:        | 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 port |   JP7    |
   | 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         |  JP3/H   | Pins 2 & 3 |
   |   | disabled                       |          |   closed   |
   |---+--------------------------------+----------+------------|
   |   | Parallel port is               |   JP4    |   Closed   |
   |   | uni-directional                |          |            |
   |---+--------------------------------+----------+------------|
   |   | Parallel port is               |   JP4    |    Open    |
   |   | bi-directional                 |          |            |
   |---+--------------------------------+----------+------------|
   |>> | 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.                |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+