SUPER MICRO Computer 6014L-M manual Parallel Port, Floppy, IDE and SATA Drive Connections

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5-11 Parallel Port, Floppy, IDE and SATA Drive Connections

Note the following when connecting the fl oppy and hard disk drive cables:

•The fl oppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires.

•A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1.

•A single fl oppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two fl oppy disk drives. The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A, and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B.

Parallel (Printer) Port

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The parallel (printer) port is located beside the fl oppy drive connection. See the table on the right for pin defi nitions.

Parallel (Printer) Port Connector

Pin Definitions (Printer)

Pin#	Definition	Pin #	Definition
1	Strobe-	2	Auto Feed-
3	Data Bit 0		Error-
		4
5	Data Bit 1		Init-
		6
7	Data Bit 2		SLCT IN-
		8
9	Data Bit 3		GND
		10
11	Data Bit 4		GND
		12
13	Data Bit 5		GND
		14
15	Data Bit 6		GND
		16
17	Data Bit 7		GND
		18
19	ACK		GND
		20
21	BUSY		Write Data
		22
23	PE		Write Gate
		24
25	SLCT	26	NC

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