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2.8.3 Parallel Ports
The system board has a standard printer
port (J7 - Burgundy) located at the ATX
double deck ports of the board for inter-
facing your PC to a parallel printer. It
supports SPP, ECP and EPP modes. You
can set the ports mode in the Integrated
Peripherals submenu of the BIOS.
2.8.4 Floppy Disk Controller
The system board is equipped with a shrouded floppy disk header
that supports two standard floppy disk drives. To prevent improper
floppy cable installation, the shrouded floppy disk header has a
keying mechanism. The 34-pin connector on the floppy cable can be
placed into the header only if pin 1 of the connector is aligned with
pin 1 of the header. You may enable or disable this function in the
Integrated Peripherals setup of the Award BIOS.
Setting
SPP
(Standard Parallel Port)
ECP
(Extended Capabilities Port)
EPP
(Enhanced Parallel Port)
Function
Allows normal speed operation but
in one direction only.
Allows parallel port to operate in
bidirectional mode and at a speed
faster than the SPPs data transfer
rate.
Allows bidirectional parallel port op-
eration at maximum speed.