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Connectors

Board Layout


 /----------------------------------------------------------\
 |simms       J5    J6    J1 J2 J3   J7  J8  J4  J13   SW1  |--
 |4 3 2 1                                                   |
 |                  JP4 JP1                             JP3 |J9
 |           JP5                                            |
 |                                                          |J10
 |                                                          |
 |                                                          |
 |                                                          |J11
 /-------------------------                               --|
                          |         | |                  |
                           ---------   ------------------
  Board Layout BC 4000 



J1 - Floppy diskette * 34 pin header



   1   ground           2   speed           3   ground
   4   n/c              5   ground          6   n/c
   7   ground           8   index           9   ground
   10  motor on 1       11  ground          12  drive sel 2
   13  ground           14  motor sel 1     15  ground
   16  motor on 2       17  ground          18  direction
   19  ground           20  stop step       21  ground
   22  write data       23  ground          24  write gate
   25  ground           26  track 0         27  ground
   28  write protect    29  ground          30  read data
   31  ground           32  side select     33  ground
   34  disk change


J6 - IDE Hard Disk * 40 pin header



   1   reset            2   ground          3   data 7
   4   data 8           5   data 6          6   data 9
   7   data 5           8   data 10         9   data 4
   10  data 11          11  data 3          12  data 12
   13  data 2           14  data 13         15  data 1
   16  data 14          17  data 0          18  data 15
   19  ground           20  n/c             21  n/c
   22  ground           23  iow             24  ground
   25  ior              26  ground          27  n/c
   28  bale             29  n/c             30  ground
   31  idint            32  n/c             33  sa1
   34  n/c              35  sa0             36  sa2
   37  cs5              38  hcs1            39  n/c
   40  n/c


J2 - Speaker Connector * 4 pin header



   1  Speaker data
   2  Keylock (disables keyboard when grounded)
   3  Ground
   4  +5V (speaker power)


J1 - Control Panel Connector * 5 pin header



   1  Power On LED
   2  AC Fail LED
   3  Reset switch (ground to reset computer)
   4  Hard Drive LED
   5  Ground


J9 - COMM 1 * DB9 connector.

( COMM 2 * DB9 connector from optional I/O Adapter.)



   1  DCD  (data carrier detect)
   2  RD   (receive data)
   3  TD   (transmit data)
   4  DTR  (data terminal ready)
   5  GND  (ground)
   6  DSR  (data set ready)
   7  RTS  (request to send)
   8  CTS  (clear to send)
   9  RI   (ring indicator)

  Note: The COM2 header requires a optional I/O adapter from
        Cubix.  Attempting to connect a serial device
        directly to this connector will damage the board.


J4 - PS/2 Mouse Connector * 5 pin header



  This header requires a optional I/O adapter from Cubix.
  Attempting to connect a PS/2 mouse directly to this
  connector will damage the board.


J10 - Keyboard Connector * 6 pin mini-din



   1  Data
   2  n/c
   3  Ground
   4  +5V
   5  Clock
   6  n/c


J11 - VGA Video Connector * DB15



   1  Red             9  n/c
   2  Green           10 Ground
   3  Blue            11 n/c
   4  n/c             12 n/c
   5  Ground          13 Vsync
   6  Ground          14 Hsync
   7  Ground          15 n/c
   8  Ground


J7 - LPT1 * 20 pin header



   This header requires a optional I/O adapter from Cubix.
   Attempting to connect a device directly to this connector
   will damage the board.

 


BC 4000 - Switch & Jumper Settings

Board Layout



  /----------------------------------------------------------\
 |simms       J5    J6    J1 J2 J3   J7  J8  J4  J13   SW1  |--
 |4 3 2 1                                                   |
 |                  JP4 JP1                             JP3 |J9
 |           JP5                                            |
 |                                                          |J10
 |                                                          |
 |                                                          |
 |                                                          |J11
 /-------------------------                               --|
                          |         | |                  |
                           ---------   ------------------
  Board Layout BC 4000 




JP5 - PS/2 Mouse Port Enable ( * = default)



    o  o          Mouse port enabled (IRQ 12)    Jumper 1-2
    1  2       *  Mouse port disabled            no jumper



JP1 - AC Power Fail IRQ ( * = default)



   1  o            A.C. Fail uses IRQ 15           Jumper   1-2
   2  o            A.C. Fail uses IRQ 10           Jumper   2-3
   3  o         *  A.C. Fail not selected          no jumper


JP3 - COM port Reset Select ( * = Default)



   1 o  o 2        Reset on COM1 DSR              Jumper 1-2
   3 o  o 4        Reset on COM2 DSR              Jumper 3-4
   5 o  o 6        Reset on COM1 DCD              Jumper 5-6
   7 o  o 8        Reset on COM2 DCD              Jumper 7-8
               *  No reset selected               No Jumpers


JP4 - I/O PORT IRQ Enable/Disable ( * = default)



   1 o o 2        Disable COM1, COM2, and LPT1    Jumper 1-2
                  Disable IDE Hardware            Jumper 3-4
   3 o o 4     *  I/O ports & IDE Enabled         no jumpers



SW1 - Video Selection



                  sw1   sw2   sw3   sw4   sw5   sw6   sw7  sw8

  CGA             off   off   off   off   off   off   off  *
  MDA (NMI)       on    off   off   off   off   off   off  *
  MDA (no NMI)    off   on    off   off   off   off   off  *
  EGA (NMI)       on    on    off   off   off   off   off  *
  EGA (no NMI)    off   off   on    off   off   off   off  *
  VGA (color)     no    off   on    off   off   off   off  *
  VGA (mono)      off   on    on    off   off   off   off  *
  8514            on    on    on    off   off   off   off  *
  NEC 2a          off   off   off   on    off   off   off  *
  NEC/NEC+        off   off   off   on    off   off   off  *

           * Switch 8 = OFF for non-interlaced monitors
                        ON  for interlaced monitors

 


BC 4000 - Simm's & Memory Map


Simm Module configuration (BC 4000)

All BC 4000 system memory is provided in 72-pin by 36 bit standard 70ns SIMM modules in 4MB or 16MB versions. For the proper placing of SIMM modules, see table below.



  Simm Socket    1       2        3        4         Total
  MB

                4MB     NONE     NONE     NONE        4MB
                4MB     4MB      NONE     NONE        8MB
                4MB     4MB      4MB      NONE        12MB
                4MB     4MB      4MB      4MB         16MB
               16MB     NONE     NONE     NONE        16MB
                4MB     16MB     NONE     NONE        20MB
                4MB      4MB     16MB     NONE        24MB
                4MB      4MB     16MB      4MB        28MB
               16MB     16MB     NONE     NONE        32MB
               16MB     16MB      4MB     NONE        36MB
               16MB     16MB      4MB      4MB        40MB
               16MB     16MB     16MB     NONE        48MB
               16MB     16MB     16MB      4MB        52MB
               16MB     16MB     16MB     16MB        64MB
               64MB     NONE     NONE     NONE        64MB
    

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