ADAPTEC, INC.
AHA-2840VL, AHA-2842VL
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Data bus: |
32-bit VL-Bus |
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Size: |
Full-lengh, full-height card |
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Hard drive supported: |
Up to seven SCSI devices |
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Floppy drives supported: |
Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB drives |

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CONNECTIONS | |
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Function |
Location |
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4-pin connector - drive active LED |
J1 |
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34-pin floppy drive connector |
J2 |
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50-pin SCSI connector - internal |
J3 |
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50-pin SCSI connector - external |
J4 |
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USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
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Function |
Location |
Setting | |
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» |
Floppy drive enabled |
S1/switch 5 |
off |
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Floppy drive disabled |
S1/switch 5 |
on |
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» |
Host adapter BIOS enabled |
S1/switch 8 |
off |
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Host adapter BIOS disabled |
S1/switch 8 |
on |
Note: Disabling the host adapter BIOS for non-disk devices such as CD-ROM drives, tape drives, will reduce boot up time. | |||
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I/O ADDRESS SELECTION | |||||
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Address |
S1/Switch 1 |
S1/Switch 2 |
S1/Switch 3 |
S1/Switch 4 | |
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» |
1C000h |
off |
off |
off |
off |
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2C000h |
on |
off |
off |
off |
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3C000h |
off |
on |
off |
off |
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4C000h |
on |
on |
off |
off |
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5C000h |
off |
off |
on |
off |
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6C000h |
on |
off |
on |
off |
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7C000h |
off |
on |
on |
off |
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8C000h |
on |
on |
on |
off |
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9C000h |
off |
off |
off |
on |
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AC000h |
on |
off |
off |
on |
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BC000h |
off |
on |
off |
on |
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CC000h |
on |
on |
off |
on |
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DC000h |
off |
off |
on |
on |
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EC000h |
on |
off |
on |
on |
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Reserved |
off |
on |
on |
on |
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Reserved |
on |
on |
on |
on |
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BASE ADDRESS SELECTION | ||
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Address |
S1/Switch 6 |
S1/Switch 7 |
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D8000h |
off |
off |
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C8000h |
on |
off |
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D0000h |
off |
on |
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E0000h |
on |
on |
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MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES |
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Only single-ended SCSI devices can be connected to the AHA-2840VL/2842VL. |