DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
PM2021A/90, PM2021A/95
Data bus: | 16-bit, ISA (PM2021A/9x) |
Size: | Half-length, full-height card |
Hard drive supported: | Up to seven SCSI drives |
Floppy drives supported: | Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB drives (PM2x2x/95 only) |

CONNECTIONS | |
Function | Location |
CM4000 Cache Module Connector | P1 |
CM4000 Cache Module Connector | P2 |
DM4000 Disk Array Module Connector | P5 |
4-pin connector-Drive active LED | P6 |
DM400 Disk Array Module Connector | P7 |
34-pin control cable connector-floppy drive | P8 |
50-pin SCSI connector - internal | P10 |
50-pin SCSI connector - external | J11 |
DMA TRANSFER RATE | ||||
Speed | Jumper Y12 | Jumper Y13 | Jumper Y14 | |
10MB/sec | open | open | open | |
8MB/sec | closed | open | open | |
6.667MB/sec | open | closed | open | |
5.7MB/sec | closed | closed | open | |
| » | 5.0MB/sec | open | open | closed |
4.4MB/sec | closed | open | closed | |
4.0MB/sec | open | closed | closed | |
3.0MB/sec | closed | closed | closed | |
SCSI ADDRESS | ||||
SCSI I.D. | Jumper Y18 | Jumper Y25 | Jumper Y26 | |
0 | open | open | open | |
1 | open | closed | open | |
2 | closed | open | open | |
3 | closed | closed | open | |
4 | open | open | closed | |
5 | open | closed | closed | |
6 | closed | open | closed | |
| » | 7 | closed | closed | closed |
INTERRUPT REQUEST | |||
IRQ | Y29 | Y30 | |
Disabled | open | open | |
IRQ12 | open | closed | |
| » | IRQ15 | closed | open |
IRQ14 | closed | closed | |
DMA CHANNEL | |||
DRQ | Y31 | Y32 | |
DRQ0 | open | open | |
DRQ7 | open | closed | |
DRQ6 | closed | open | |
| » | DRQ5 | closed | closed |
I/O PORT ADDRESS | |||
Address | Y33 | Y35 | |
230h | open | open | |
| » | 170h | open | closed |
330h | closed | open | |
1F0h | closed | closed | |
BIOS ADDRESS | |||
Address | Y36 | Y37 | |
Disabled | open | open | |
DC00h | open | closed | |
D800h | closed | open | |
| » | C800h | closed | closed |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function | Location | Setting | |
| » | DMA duty cycle is fast | Y15 | open |
DMA duty cycle is slow | Y15 | closed | |
| » | SCSI termination enabled | Y16 | closed |
SCSI termination disabled | Y16 | open | |
| » | Address LInes SA17-19 and LA17-19 driven | Y19 | closed |
Only Address LInes LA17-19 driven | Y19 | open | |
| » | Floppy drive enabled | Y20 | closed |
Floppy drive disabled | Y20 | open | |
| » | Bus Mastering enabled | Y24 | closed |
Bus Mastering disabled | Y24 | open | |
| » | BIOS ROM size is 8K | Y38 | open |
BIOS ROM size is 16K | Y38 | closed | |
| » | External SCSI cable detection disabled | Y39 | open |
External SCSI cable detection enabled* | Y39 | closed | |
| » | Controller supplies TERMPWR to SCSI interface 26 | Y50 | closed |
TERMPWR not supplied to SCSI Interface 26 | Y50 | open | |
STATUS LED'S | |
LED | Definition |
LED 1 | Busy |
LED 2 | Computer Bus Transfer to Adapter |
LED 3 | Computer Bus Transfer from Adapter |
LED 4 | Cache Hit |
LED 5 | Disk Read-Ahead Active |
LED 6 | Disk Read |
LED 7 | Disk Write |
LED 8 | Adapter Reset |
LED 9 | Interrupt Pending to Computer |
LED 10 | DRQ Asserted to Computer |
MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES |
Detection of an external SCSI cable limits the maximum SCSI bus transfer rate to 5MB/sec. The function of Jumper Y34 is unknown. |