TYAN COMPUTER CORPORATION
VL IDE & I/O CONTROLLER
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Data bus: |
32-bit, VL-bus |
Size: |
Three/quarter-length, full-height card |
Hard drive supported: |
Two IDE (AT) Interface drives |
Floppy drives supported: |
Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB drives |
CONNECTIONS | |
Function |
Location |
10-pin serial port (COM1/3/4) - external |
CN1 |
25-pin parallel port (LPT1/2/3) - external |
CN2 |
40-pin IDE(AT) Interface connector |
JP4 |
34-pin control cable connector - floppy drive |
JP6 |
10-pin serial port (COM2/3/4) - internal |
JP8 |
15-pin game port - internal |
JP9 |
4-pin connector - Drive active LED |
JP20 |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function |
Location |
Setting | |
» |
Floppy drive enabled |
J1 |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
Floppy drive disabled |
J1 |
pins 1 & 2 closed | |
» |
Hard drive port address is 1F0-1F7h |
J2 |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
Hard drive port address is 170-177h |
J2 |
pins 1 & 2 closed | |
» |
Floppy drive booting sequence is A:/B: |
J3 |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
Floppy drive booting sequence is B:/A: |
J3 |
pins 1 & 2 closed | |
» |
Hard drive enabled |
J4 |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
Hard drive disabled |
J4 |
pins 1 & 2 closed | |
» |
Hard drive port address is 1F0-1F7, 3F0-3F7h |
J5 |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
Hard drive port address is 170-177, 370-377h |
J5 |
pins 1 & 2 closed |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function |
Location |
Setting | |
» |
Game Port (CN6) enabled |
J12 |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
Game Port (CN6) disabled |
J12 |
pins 1 & 2 closed | |
» |
Local bus clock speed 33 MHz or 50 MHz |
J16 |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
Local bus clock speed 25 MHz or 40 MHz |
J16 |
pins 1 & 2 closed | |
» |
Single hard drive supported |
JP5 |
closed |
Two hard drives supported |
JP5 |
open | |
» |
Parallel port is bi-directional |
JP7 |
closed |
Parallel port is uni-directional |
JP7 |
open | |
» |
Hard drive Interrupt IRQ14 enabled |
JP10 |
closed |
Hard drive Interrupt IRQ14 disabled |
JP10 |
open | |
» |
Serial Port 2 (JP8) Interrupt IRQ3 enabled |
JP11 |
closed |
Serial Port 2 (JP8) Interrupt IRQ3 disabled |
JP11 |
open | |
» |
Serial Port 1 (CN1) Interrupt IRQ4 enabled |
JP12 |
closed |
Serial Port 1 (CN1) Interrupt IRQ4 disabled |
JP12 |
open | |
» |
Floppy drive Interrupt IRQ6 enabled |
JP13 |
closed |
Floppy drive Interrupt IRQ6 disabled |
JP13 |
open |
PARALLEL PORT (CN2) CONFIGURATION | |||
LPT |
J6 |
J7 | |
» |
LPT1 (378-37Fh) |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
LPT2 (278-27Fh) |
pins 1 & 2 closed |
pins 1 & 2 closed | |
LPT3 (3BC-3BEh) |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Disabled |
pins 1 & 2 closed |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
SERIAL PORT 1 (CN1) CONFIGURATION | |||
COM |
J8 |
J9 | |
» |
COM1 (3F8-3FFh) |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
COM3 (3E8-3EFh) |
pins 1 & 2 closed |
pins 1 & 2 closed | |
COM4 (2E8-2EFh) |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Disabled |
pins 1 & 2 closed |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
SERIAL PORT 2 (JP8) CONFIGURATION | |||
COM |
J10 |
J11 | |
» |
COM2 (2F8-2FFh) |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
COM3 (3E8-3EFh) |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
pins 1 & 2 closed | |
COM4 (2E8-2EFh) |
pins 1 & 2 closed |
pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Disabled |
pins 1 & 2 closed |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
HARD DRIVE TIMING OPTION | |||
Function |
J15 |
JP17 | |
» |
VESA mode enabled |
pins 2 & 3 closed |
open |
ISA mode enabled |
pins 1 & 2 closed |
closed |
PARALLEL PORT (CN2) INTERRUPT REQUEST | |||
IRQ |
JP14 |
JP15 | |
5 |
closed |
open | |
7 |
open |
closed | |
» |
Disabled |
open |
open |
MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES |
Jumpers JP16 & JP18 are not used. |