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Table of Contents
Section 1 - Introduction ___________________________________________________________________ 1
1.1 Features ......................................................................................................................................................1
Section 2 - System Description _____________________________________________________________ 2
2.1 Processor ....................................................................................................................................................2
2.2 Co-Processor..............................................................................................................................................2
2.3 System Memory (DRAM) ........................................................................................................................2
2.4 DMA Controller ........................................................................................................................................2
2.5 Interrupt Controller..................................................................................................................................3
2.6 Timers.........................................................................................................................................................4
2.7 Clock/Calendar and CMOS RAM .........................................................................................................4
2.8 Battery ........................................................................................................................................................4
2.9 Keyboard....................................................................................................................................................5
2.10 Speaker Port ............................................................................................................................................5
2.11 Reset Switch.............................................................................................................................................5
2.12 Printer Port ..............................................................................................................................................5
2.13 Standard Serial Ports..............................................................................................................................5
2.14 Floppy Disk Port .....................................................................................................................................6
2.15 EIDE Hard Disk Port ..............................................................................................................................6
2.16 VGA Port..................................................................................................................................................6
2.17 WatchDog Timer.....................................................................................................................................7
Section 3 - Setup _________________________________________________________________________ 8
3.1 Using the Internal Setup Utility..............................................................................................................8
3.2 Clearing the CMOS Memory...................................................................................................................8
Section 4 - PROMDISK Disk Emulator ______________________________________________________ 9
4.1 PROMDISK Drive Configuration ...........................................................................................................9
4.2 PROMDISK Memory Setup.....................................................................................................................9
4.3 PROMDISK Power Selection...................................................................................................................10
4.4 Dynamic Drive Assignment ...................................................................................................................10
4.5 PROMDISK FlashCom Feature...............................................................................................................10
Section 5 - Using the PROMDISK Software __________________________________________________ 11
5.1 Using SRAMs with PROMDISK .............................................................................................................11
5.1.1 Formatting SRAMs in the Floppy Disk Mode..............................................................................11
5.1.2 Formatting SRAMs in the Fixed Disk Mode ................................................................................12
5.1.3 Software Write Protect for SRAM Drives .....................................................................................13
5.2 Using EPROMs with PROMDISK ..........................................................................................................13
5.2.1 Creating a PROMDISK List File or Work Disk ............................................................................13
5.2.2 Sizing the PROMDISK.....................................................................................................................15
5.2.3 Programming FLASH EPROMs....................................................................................................16
5.2.4 Programming Standard EPROMs.................................................................................................17
5.2.5 Programming the EPROM Drive A ...............................................................................................17
5.3 Emulating Floppy Drives C through Z .................................................................................................17
5.4 Dynamic Drive Assignment ...................................................................................................................18
5.5 PROMDISK Custom Features ................................................................................................................19
Section 6 - FlashCom _____________________________________________________________________ 20
6.1 How Does FlashCom Operate?...............................................................................................................20
6.2 FlashCom Components...........................................................................................................................20