Specifications

Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals

2.2 Floppy Drive Connector (CN3)

You can attach up to two floppy disk drives to the PCA-6176's

on-board controller. You can use any combination of 5.25"

(360 KB/1.2 MB) and/or 3.5" (720 KB/1.44/2.88 MB) drives.

The card comes with a 34-pin daisy-chain drive connector cable. On

one end of the cable is a 34-pin flat-cable connector. On the other end

are two sets of floppy disk drive connectors. Each set consists of a

34-pin flat-cable connector (usually used for 3.5" drives) and a

printed circuit-board connector (usually used for 5.25" drives). You

can use only one connector in each set. The set on the end (after the

twist in the cable) connects to the A: floppy drive. The set in the

middle connects to the B: floppy drive.

2.3 Parallel Port Connector (CN4)

The parallel port is normally used to connect the CPU card to a

printer. The PCA-6176 includes an on-board parallel port, accessed

through a 26-pin flat-cable connector, CN4. The card comes with an

adapter cable which lets you use a traditional DB-25 connector. The

cable has a 26-pin connector on one end and a DB-25 connector on

the other, mounted on a retaining bracket. The bracket installs at the

end of an empty slot in your chassis, giving you access to the

connector.

The parallel port is designated as LPT1, and can be disabled or

changed to LPT2 or LPT3 in the system BIOS setup.