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Procom Technology, Inc. Micro Channel SCSI Enabler
@7F01.ADF"Procom
Technology, Inc. Micro Channel SCSI Enabler"
Runstream
MCABase NCR-206
Driver (beta version, may or may not work, see below)
Original page by William R. Walsh
is HERE
. All typos below are copyright my fingers.
Outline
& Components
P5
Function (assumed to be an unpopulated external power connector)
Other Stuff
Drivers
ADF Sections
[from Us, god Emperor of Microchannel]
Procom Technology,
Inc. Micro Channel SCSI Enabler
P2
- 50 pin high density SCSI
P3
- 50 pin internal SCSI
P4
- Internal power connector
P5
- Pads for 8 pin external connector
RP1-3
- Termpacks, removable
U1
- Spare (solder pads only)
U2
- Hyundai HY6116ALP-10 |
U3
- MC90004 V2.02
U4
- MC90004 V2.02
U8
- SMC 94C18 MCA Bus Interface
U20
- NCR "TolerANT" 53CF94-2
Y1
- 10.000MHz
U11
- 25.000MHz
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Function
of P5
A wild guess here...these
pads might have been used to provide a connector for powering external
SCSI storage boxes. Heavy traces leading to some of the pads support this
theory as being plausible. Why was it left unpopulated? I'd assume the
possibility of overloading it was too great. There's no room to print a
warning about the power limits of this plug, and high performance drives
would exceed the current rating for most cards with power connectors.
Other
Stuff
This is the card of many
copyrights. The base board has a copyright of 1989 printed on it. The ROMs
are copyrighted 1994, and the NCR SCSI IC is copyrighted 1992. Datecodes
on various ICs put the date of manufacture sometime in early 1994 or very
late in 1993.
What does the "TolerANT"
name on an NCR SCSI IC mean? I've seen it on RAID controllers, where the
meaning would be obvious. This board (and some others that I've seen) is
not a RAID controller!
What is the difference between the
NCR 53C94 and 53CF94?
If memory serves, David
Beem used one of these adapters (note the white end tabs above) to create
"Patriot", the red, white and blue 55SX.
This adapter is capable of working
with a 2GB hard disk with the 2.02 ROMs in place. It may even go as far
as supporting an 8GB drive.
Drivers-
None of Windows 95, 98
or NT appear to recognize the 53CF94 chip. The beta
NCR-206 driver mentioned at the top of this page MAY work, but I've
not had a chance to test it. If you try it, proceed
at your own risk.
Procom Technology is still
in business, but their website is badly broken and the FTP site doesn't
work at all. Does anyone have the option disk or other information that
would have come with this adapter?
Copyright 2006 William R. Walsh. All
Rights Reserved.
AdapterID 7F01h "Procom
Technology, Inc. Micro Channel SCSI Enabler"
Adapter I/O Address Range
The Procom MC SCSI Enabler uses 32 consecutive I/O port
addresses. If more than one Procom MC SCSI Enabler is installed in
the system, each must have a separate Adapter I/O Address Range.
<"2920h-293Fh">,
3A40-3A5F, 4B60-4B7F, 5C80-5C9F, 6DA0-6DBF, 7EC0-7EDF, 8FE0-8FFF
Adapter Base Memory Address
The Procom MC SCSI Enabler requires 10K of contiguous ROM space.
If more than one Procom MC SCSI Enabler is installed in the system, each
must have a separate Adapter Base Memory Address
<"DC000h">, D8000, D4000,
D0000, CC000, C8000
Adapter Interrupt Select
The Procom MC SCSI Enabler requires the use of one
IRQ line. If more than one Procom MC SCSI Enabler is installed in the system,
they all can share one common IRQ line
<"IRQ 10">, 11,
14, 15
DMA Arbitration Level
The Procom MC SCSI Enabler uses the host DMA to transfer
data. The Enabler will use the DMA channel corresponding to the selected
arbitration level. If more than one Procom MC SCSI Enabler is installed
in the system, each must have a separate DMA Arbitration Level.
<"Level 6" >, 7, 0, 1,
3, 4, 5
Fairness On/Off
The Procom MC SCSI Enabler supports the Micro Channel
Fairness feature. When <ON>, the SCSI Enabler will not participate
in the next arbitration after the bus has been requested by another peripheral.
When <OFF>, the SCSI Enabler will participate in all arbitrations.
<"Fairness
ON ">, Fairness OFF
DMA Burst On/Off
The Procom MC SCSI Enabler supports the Micro Channel
Bursting feature. When <OFF>, the SCSI Enabler will arbitrate
for the Micro Channel bus for each word transferred. When <ON>,
the SCSI Enabler will continue sending words over the Micro Channel as
long as there are words to transfer and as long as no other peripheral
requests the Micro Channel.
<"DMA Bursting
ON ">, DMA Bursting OFF
Adapter's SCSI ID
The Procom MC SCSI Enabler must have a SCSI ID number.
The ID may be any number from zero to seven which is not used by any other
device on the SCSI bus. Ordinarily, the SCSI Enabler should use <SCSI
ID 7>. Each SCSI cable may support 8 SCSI IDs (0-7). If more
than one Procom MC SCSI Enabler is installed in the system, each may control
its own physically separate SCSI cable. Thus, each SCSI cable may
support 8 SCSI IDs (0-7)."
<"SCSI ID 7">,
6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0
SCSI Parity Checking
The Procom MC SCSI Enabler is capable of detecting SCSI
parity errors. When SCSI Parity Checking is set to <Check SCSI
Parity>, the SCSI Enabler will attempt to re-send or re-receive the data
block over the SCSI which contained the parity error. When SCSI Parity
Checking is set to <Ignore SCSI Parity>, the SCSI Enabler will not check
for any data parity errors. Since parity checking is handled through
hardware, no performance degradation is introduced. Thus, under normal
circumstances SCSI Parity Checking should be set to <Check SCSI Parity>.
<"Check SCSI Parity" >,
Ignore SCSI Parity
Synchronous Data Transfers
The MC SCSI Enabler is capable of using synchronous data
transfers and will attempt to do so if the SCSI device being accessed is
also capable. Some SCSI devices do not handle extended messaging
properly and may hang the system during power-up. If you have a problem
device that you suspect can not handle these type of messages, select <Disabled>
<"Enabled">, Disabled
Maximum DOS Drive Support
This setting selects the maximum number of drives to be
supported directly by the BIOS without the use of an external driver with
the Disk Operating System. DOS version 5.0 allows up to 8 drives
to be supported. DOS versions below 5.0 may hang the system if more
than 2 drives are reported as being supported by the BIOS.
If more than 1 SCSI
Enabler is installed, the one with the lowest memory address will determine
the setting for all Enablers installed. If OS/2 2.0 or DOS 5.0 is being
installed, select
<Support up to 8 drives>, otherwise select <Support up
to 2 drives>
< "Support up to
2 drives">, Support up to 8 drives
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