NCL AMERICA
NCL 5455, NCL 5456
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 Data bus:  | 
 16-bit, ISA  | 
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 Size:  | 
 Half-length, full-height card  | 
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 Hard drives supported:  | 
 Two ST506/412 MFM drives  | 
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 Floppy drives supported:  | 
 NCL 5455: Two 360 KB, 720 KB, 1.2 MB or 1.44 MB drives  | 
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 NCL 5456: None  | |
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 CONNECTIONS  | |
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 34-pin control cable connector-hard drive  | 
 CN1  | 
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 20-pin data cable connector-drive 0  | 
 CN2  | 
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 20-pin data cable connector-drive 1  | 
 CN3  | 
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 34-pin data cable connector-floppy drive (NCL 5455 only)  | 
 CN4  | 
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 4-pin connector-drive active LED  | 
 CN5  | 
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 5-pin DC power connector  | 
 CN6  | 
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 USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS  | |||
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 Function  | 
 Location  | 
 Setting  | |
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 Hard drive address is 1F0-1F7h  | 
 JP1  | 
 pins 1 & 2 closed  | 
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 Hard drive address is 170-177h  | 
 JP1  | 
 pins 2 & 3 closed  | |
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 32Kb ROM enabled  | 
 JP2  | 
 pins 1 & 2 closed  | 
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 16Kb ROM enabled  | 
 JP2  | 
 pins 2 & 3 closed  | |
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 USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS  | |||
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 Function  | 
 Location  | 
 Setting  | |
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 Floppy drive port address is 3F2-3F7h  | 
 JP7  | 
 closed  | 
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 Floppy drive port address is 372-377h  | 
 JP7  | 
 open  | |
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 Cache enabled  | 
 JP11  | 
 open  | 
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 Cache disabled  | 
 JP11  | 
 closed  | |
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 4Kb buffer enabled  | 
 JP12  | 
 open  | |
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 16Kb buffer enabled  | 
 JP12  | 
 closed  | |
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 4Kb buffer size selected  | 
 JP14, JP15, JP16  | 
 pins 1 & 2 closed  | |
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 16Kb buffer size selected  | 
 JP14, JP15, JP15  | 
 pins 2 & 3 closed  | |
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 MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES  | 
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 All other jumpers are for factory tests and configured as follows: JP4, JP5 - closed; JP6, JP8, JP13 - open; JP9, JP10 - pins 2 & 3 closed - do not alter.  |