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Connecting the Parallel Printer Port
Attach the DB-25 printer cable, which came with the system board, to
connector J7 on the C586VX/E system board. Make sure the colored
stripe on the ribbon aligns with pin 1 of connector J7. Use a small
nutdriver to mount the cable into a DB-25 cutout in the system chassis.
If your printer port cable is attached to a card-edge bracket, connect the
cable to connector J7 on the system board and mount the card-edge
bracket to the system chassis.
Floppy Disk Drive Controller
The C586VX/E system board has a built-in floppy disk controller that
supports two standard floppy disk drives. You can install any 360KB,
720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB floppy disk drives.
Connecting the Floppy Disk Cable
1. Install the 34-pin header connector into the floppy disk connector
(J6) on the system board. The colored edge of the ribbon should be
aligned with pin 1 of connector J6.
2. Install the other 34-pin header connector(s) into the disk drive(s).
Align the colored edge of the daisy chained ribbon cable with pin 1
of the drive edge connector(s). The end-most connector should be
attached to the drive you want to designate as Drive A.
I/O Address
3BC-3BE Hex
378-37A Hex (default)
278-27A Hex
to connector J3. Make sure the red wire on the PS/2 mouse connector
is aligned with pin 1 of connector J3.
Parallel Port
The C586VX/E system board has a standard connector for interfacing
your PC to a parallel printer. The parallel port on your system board can
be set to any of the following system I/O addresses:
