KOUWELL ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
KW-559AG
Data bus: | 32-bit VL-bus |
Size: | Three-quarter length, half-height card |
Hard drive supported: | Two IDE(AT) drives |
Floppy drives supported: | Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB drives |

CONNECTIONS | |
Function | Location |
9-pin serial port 1 - external, 10-pin serial port 1 internal | J1 |
10-pin serial port 2 - internal | J2 |
16-pin game port | J3 |
34-pin cable connector - floppy drive | J4 |
40-pin primary IDE(AT) connector | J5 |
25-pin parallel port - external | J7 |
4-pin connector - drive active LED | JP7 |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function | Location | Setting | |
| » | Parallel port is bi-directional | JP3 | Open |
Parallel port is unidirectional | JP3 | Closed | |
| » | Floppy drive interface enabled | JP4/7 | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Floppy drive interface disabled | JP4/7 | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| » | Parallel port IRQ 7 select | JP4/8 | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Parallel port IRQ 5 select | JP4/8 | Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
| » | CPU speed is <=33MHz | JP6 | Open |
CPU speed is >33MHz | JP6 | Closed | |
DRIVE SPEED CONFIGURATION | |||
Speed | JP5/1 | JP5/2 | |
| » | 0 | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
1 | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
2 | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
SERIAL PORT 1 INTERRUPT SELECTION | ||||||
IRQ | JP1/1 pins 1 & 2 | JP1/2 pins 1 & 2 | JP1/3 pins 1 & 2 | JP1/4 pins 1 & 2 | JP1/5 pins 1 & 2 | |
| » | IRQ4 | Open | Closed | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ3 | Closed | Open | Open | Open | Open | |
IRQ5 | Open | Open | Closed | Open | Open | |
IRQ9 | Open | Open | Open | Closed | Open | |
IRQ12 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Closed | |
SERIAL PORT 2 INTERRUPT SELECTION | ||||||
IRQ | JP1/1 pins 2 & 3 | JP1/2 pins 2 & 3 | JP1/3 pins 2 & 3 | JP1/4 pins 2 & 3 | JP1/5 pins 2 & 3 | |
| » | IRQ3 | Closed | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ4 | Open | Closed | Open | Open | Open | |
IRQ5 | Open | Open | Closed | Open | Open | |
IRQ9 | Open | Open | Open | Closed | Open | |
IRQ12 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Closed | |
PARALLEL PORT ADDRESS SELECTION | |||
LPT | JP4/5 | JP4/6 | |
| » | 378h | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
278h | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
3BCh | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Disabled | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS SELECTION | |||
COM | JP4/1 | JP4/2 | |
| » | 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 | JP4/3 | JP4/4 | |
| » | 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 | |
GAME PORT CONFIGURATION | |||
Mode | JP2/1 | JP2/2 | |
| » | Enabled | Closed | Closed |
Disabled | Open | Open | |