Tekram Technology DC-820B manual Cable Connection CN1, CN2, & CN3, Cache Dram Installation

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external cables, respectively. As in the above case, remove the terminators from all devices connected in between.

Store the terminators in a safe place for future use, if necessary.

1.3 Cable Connection (CN1, CN2, & CN3)

There are three connectors on your DC-820B: CN1, CN2, and CN3.

External SCSI drive(s) connector (CN1): This 50-pin high density SCSI-2 connector is for connecting external SCSI devices.

Internal SCSI drive(s) connector (CN2): The 50-pin flat cable should connect to CN2 with its colored stripe, normally red, aligning with Pin 1 of CN2.

Floppy interface connector (CN3): The 34-pin flat cable should be connected to CN3 with its colored edge, normally red, aligning with Pin 1 of CN3.

Note that improper cable connections may damage both the drives and host adapter.

1.4 Cache DRAM Installation

The DC-820B features four SIMM sockets, arranged as one single memory bank. 256KB/1MB/4MB fast page mode SIMMs are required, with a mini- mum access time of 80ns or faster. All four SIMM sockets must be installed with SIMMs of same size, thus three cache sizes are available: 1MB, 4MB, and 16MB. Also, you are allowed to leave all the SIMM banks empty, i.e., Not-Installed or 0MB, if you don't intend to add any Cache DRAM for the time being.

1.5 Powering Up and Entering the System CMOS BIOS Setup

When the DC-820B is inserted in an available EISA bus master slot and the jumpers and cables are properly set, first turn on the power of your external SCSI devices and then the main system power.

When installing a SCSI drive as drive C: (or D:), set the CMOS HDD drive type as not-installed. Note that IDE (Intelligent Drive Electronics)/ST506/ ESDI (Enhanced Small Device Interface) drives always take precedence over SCSI drives. That means if one IDE/ST506/ESDI drive has already been

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Contents DC-820B FCC Compliance Statement QuickInstallationGuide Shadow Adapters ROM Bios for Optimal performanceTable of Contents Eisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter Chapter Introduction Easy DOS Driver Installation Software INSTALL.EXE Eisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter Eisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter Eisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter Eisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter Board Layout and Jumper Setting Scsi Device Activity LED Indicator JP1Mirroring Beeper JP2 Floppy Enable/Disable JP3Checking the Terminators on the Scsi Bus Cable Connection CN1, CN2, & CN3 Cache Dram InstallationPowering Up and Entering the System Cmos Bios Setup Running the ECU Eisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter 1 DC-820B Adapter Hardware Options Eisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter 2 DC-820B Adapter Firmware Options 1MB 4MB Case IDE 3 DC-820B Scsi Device Options Eisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter Eisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter TOOLBME.EXE Utility & Disk Mirroring Initialization Eisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter Eisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter Eisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter Eisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter Eisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter Chapter Aspi Driver for DOS Installing the Aspi Driver Installing the DISKDRV.SYS DriverLogical drive scanning sequence Device=c\aspi\diskdrv.sys /d n1 n2 n3 ... n8LOCK/UNLOCK of removable media Adaptec translation method Automatic translation method defaultDisk Partition Utility Mylex translation method CHKDRIVE.EXE UtilitySpecial translation method Installing the CD-ROM Driver Installing Tape Streamer DATEisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter Chapter NetWare Drivers Installing the DC-820B drivers Aspi drivers for NetWareServer-based backup/restore support Removable media supportMountingafilesystem Duplexing Select Disk InformationEisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter Driver removal Driver installationSCO Unix ISC Unix V Press Enter to remove the driver Press Enter to reboot Eisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter 80C186-16 Functional Appendix B Product Support Form Eisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter Appendix C General Troubleshooting Tips Eisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter Eisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter