IRWIN
SC499-2
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Card Type |
Tape drive controller |
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Hard Drives supported |
None |
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Floppy drives supported |
None |
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Data Bus |
8-bit ISA |
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Card Size |
Half-length, full-height |

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CONNECTIONS |
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Function |
Label |
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Tape drive interface |
J3 |
Note:Number of pins is unidentified. |
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USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS |
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Function |
Label |
Position |
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» |
Factory configured - do not alter |
A/8 |
Closed |
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» |
PC's <386-20 mode enabled |
B/1 |
Open |
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PC's >386-20 mode enabled |
B/1 |
Closed |
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» |
POST enabled |
C/1 |
Closed |
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POST disabled |
C/1 |
Open |
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» |
Factory configured - do not alter |
C/2 |
Open |
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» |
Factory configured - do not alter |
C/3 |
Open |
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» |
Factory configured - do not alter |
C/4 |
Open |
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» |
Factory configured - do not alter |
C/5 |
Closed |
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» |
Factory configured - do not alter |
C/6 |
Closed |
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» |
Factory configured - do not alter |
C/7 |
Open |
Note: When installing the controller in a PC >386-20 disable POST. |
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DMA CHANNEL SELECTION |
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Channel |
B1/1 |
B1/2 |
B1/3 |
B2/1 |
B2/2 |
B2/3 |
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» |
1 |
Closed |
Open |
Open |
Closed |
Open |
Open |
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2 |
Open |
Closed |
Open |
Open |
Closed |
Open |
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3 |
Open |
Open |
Closed |
Open |
Open |
Closed |
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BASE I/O ADDRESS SELECTION |
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Address |
A/1 |
A/2 |
A/3 |
A/4 |
A/5 |
A/6 |
A/7 |
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100h |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
Open |
Closed |
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» |
200h |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
Open |
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220h |
Closed |
Closed |
Open |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
Open |
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280h |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
Open |
Closed |
Open |
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300h |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
Closed |
Open |
Open |
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338h |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Closed |
Closed |
Open |
Open |
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350h |
Closed |
Open |
Closed |
Open |
Closed |
Open |
Open |
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360h |
Closed |
Closed |
Open |
Open |
Closed |
Open |
Open |
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370h |
Closed |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Closed |
Open |
Open |
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INTERRUPT SELECTION |
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Setting |
B/2 |
B/3 |
B/4 |
B/5 |
B/6 |
B/7 |
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IRQ2 |
Closed |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
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» |
IRQ3 |
Open |
Closed |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
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IRQ4 |
Open |
Open |
Closed |
Open |
Open |
Open |
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IRQ5 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Closed |
Open |
Open |
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IRQ6 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Closed |
Open |
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IRQ7 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Closed |
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MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES |
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The SC499-2 is used with FasTape tape drive. The tape drive cannot be used in EISA systems , 486 or 386 faster than 25MHz. |