Back panel DIP switches

The second set of DIP switches are on the left side of the back panel.

The system functions controlled by these switches are listed in Table 1-2 and then described below.

Table 1-2.Back panel DIP switch functions

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ON

1

 

 

 

I

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

I

2 I

3 I 4

Use external diskette drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use parallel printer

 

 

 

OFF

 

I

 

I

 

I

External diskette drive is B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ON

 

 

 

External diskette drive is A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

 

 

 

1 diskette drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ON

 

2 diskette drives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

 

Serial port is secondary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ON

Serial port is primary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

Switch 1, use of parallel port-This switch tells your computer whether a diskette drive or a parallel printer is connected to the external parallel port. If you connected a parallel printer to this port, turn this switch off. If you connected an external 5 j -inch diskette drive to the port, turn this switch on.

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