QDI COMPUTER, INC.
QD6500A VL/V2
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 |
40-pin IDE(AT) connector | CN1 |
34-pin cable connector - floppy drive | CN2 |
16-pin game port | CN3 |
9-pin serial port 1 - external, 10-pin serial port 1 internal | CN4 |
10-pin serial port 2 - internal | CN5 |
25-pin parallel port - external | CN6 |
2-pin connector - drive active LED | JP5 |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function | Location | Setting | |
| » | VL IDE controller enabled | JP1 | open |
| VL IDE controller disabled | JP1 | closed | |
| » | Sense clock frequency from VL slot enabled | JP2 | pins 2 & 3 closed |
| Sense clock frequency from VL slot disabled | JP2 | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
| » | Chipset register address is 0BXh | JP3 | pins 2 & 3 closed |
| Chipset register address is 03Xh | JP3 | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
| » | Primary IDE port addresses are 1F0h-1F7h,3F6h,3F7h | JP4 | pins 2 & 3 closed |
| Secondary IDE port addresses are 170h-177h,376h,377h | JP4 | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
| » | Floppy drive interface enabled | JP8 | pins 1 & 2 closed |
| Floppy drive interface disabled | JP8 | pints 2 & 3 closed | |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS (CONTINUED) | |||
Function | Location | Setting | |
| » | Game port enabled | JP13 | pins 1 & 2 closed |
| Game port disabled | JP13 | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| » | IDE IRQ 14 select | JP15 | pins 1 & 2 closed |
| IDE IRQ 15 select | JP15 | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| » | Floppy address 3F7/177h enabled | JP16 | closed |
| Floppy address 3F7/177h disabled | JP16 | open | |
BIOS ADDRESS SELECTION | ||||||||
Address | JP14/1 | JP14/2 | JP14/3 | JP14/4 | JP14/5 | JP14/6 | JP14/7 | |
| » | Disabled BIOS | closed | open | open | open | open | open | open |
| C800H-CBFFH | open | closed | open | open | open | open | open | |
| CC00H-CFFFH | open | open | closed | open | open | open | open | |
| D000H-D3FFH | open | open | open | closed | open | open | open | |
| D400H-D7FFH | open | open | open | open | closed | open | open | |
| D800H-DBFFH | open | open | open | open | open | closed | open | |
| DC00H-DFFFH | open | open | open | open | open | open | closed | |
Note: These settings apply when BIOS EPROM is installed | ||||||||
SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS SELECTION | |||
COM | JP6 | JP7 | |
| » | COM1 | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed |
| COM3 | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| Disabled | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
| Disabled | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
SERIAL PORT 2 ADDRESS SELECTION | |||
COM | JP11 | JP12 | |
| » | COM2 | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed |
| COM4 | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| Disabled | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
| Disabled | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
PARALLEL PORT ADDRESS SELECTION | |||
Address | JP9 | JP10 | |
| » | 378h | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed |
| 278h | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| Disabled | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
| Disabled | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |