PROMISE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

DRIVECACHE DC2040

Data bus: 16-bit, ISA

Size: Full-length, full-height card

Hard drives supported: Seven SCSI hard drives

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

One floppy tape drive

CONNECTIONS

Function

Location

DB-25 SCSI control cable connector-external

CN1

34-pin control cable connector-floppy drive

J1

34-pin control cable connector-floppy tape drive

J2

50-pin SCSI control cable connector-internal

J3

4-pin connector-drive active LED

JP1

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Function

Location

Setting

»

Factory configured - do not alter

JP2/jumper 1

open

»

Floppy and tape drive enabled

JP5

closed

 

Floppy and tape drive disabled

JP5

open

INTERRUPT REQUEST

IRQ

JP2/2

JP2/3

JP3/1

JP3/2

JP3/3

 

IRQ12

closed

open

closed

open

open

»

IRQ14

open

open

open

closed

open

 

IRQ15

open

closed

open

open

closed

SCSI ADDRESS

Address

JP2/jumper 4

JP2/jumper 5

JP2/jumper 6

 

0

open

open

open

 

1

closed

open

open

 

2

open

closed

open

 

3

closed

closed

open

 

4

open

open

closed

 

5

closed

open

closed

 

6

open

closed

closed

»

7

closed

closed

closed

BIOS ADDRESS

Address

JP6/jumper 1

JP6/jumper 2

JP6/jumper 3

JP6/jumper 4

 

C800h

closed

open

closed

closed

 

CA00h

closed

open

closed

open

 

CC00h

closed

open

open

closed

 

CE00h

closed

open

open

open

 

D000h

open

closed

closed

closed

 

D200h

open

closed

closed

open

 

D400h

open

closed

open

closed

 

D600h

open

closed

open

open

»

D800h

open

open

closed

closed

 

DA00h

open

open

closed

open

 

DC00h

open

open

open

closed

 

DE00h

open

open

open

open

ON-BOARD CACHE CONFIGURATION

Size

Bank 0

Bank 1

512KB

(2) 256KB x 9

NONE

1MB

(2) 256KB x 9

(2) 256KB x 9

2MB

(2) 1MB x 9

NONE

2.5MB

(2) 256KB x 9

(2) 1MB x 9

4MB

(2) 1MB x 9

(2) 1MB x 9

8MB

(2) 4MB x 9

NONE

8.5MB

(2) 256KB x 9

(2) 4MB x 9

10MB

(2) 1MB x 9

(2) 4MB x 9

16MB

(2) 4MB x 9

(2) 4MB x 9

Note: Uses only 80nsec or faster SIMM's; 256K, 1M, or 4M (either x8 or x9).