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  • Page 1

    Docum ent ation Num ber PIOC2595 Manual Cover Page B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5105 Parallel Printer Card Model P IOC Docum ent ation Nu mb er PIOC2595 This pr oduct Designed and M anufact ured In Ottawa , Illinois USA of do mestic and im porte d parts by B&B Electroni cs Mfg. Co.[...]

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    Docum ent ation Num ber P IOC2595 Manual 1 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5105 Overv iew The Par allel Printer Card ( Model PIOC) is a bi- directional parallel port f or a standard IBM PC or com patible. The PIOC is single port card that c an be used as a printer interfac e or as a gener[...]

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    2 Document at ion Number P I OC2595 Manual B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5105 Table 1 - Printer Functions Setting the A ddress The bas e address of the PIOC is s et using a eight-position DIP switch, SW 1. T he eight positions cor respond to the I/O addres s lines of A2 through A9 ( see[...]

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    Docum ent ation Num ber P IOC2595 Manual 3 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5105 Table 2 - DIP Switch Functions Table 3 - DIP Swit ch Weight s NOTE: A "1" indicates that the s witch is ON and a "0"indic ates that the sw itch is OFF. SW1 I/O A ddress 1 A9 2 A8 3 A7 4 A6 [...]

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    4 Document at ion Number P I OC2595 Manual B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5105 Table 4 - Hardware I/O Map of A T Class M achin es Any four byte space not listed in T able 4 and not used by any other equipm ent in y our system m ay be used for the parallel por t. Appendix A shows all the [...]

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    Docum ent ation Num ber P IOC2595 Manual 5 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5105 Using the PIOC as I/O The PIO C may also be used as a general I/O device. T he Base Register has eight bi-directional lines . The direc tion of these lines is based on bit 5 of the Contr ol Register. If bit 5 [...]

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    6 Document at ion Number P I OC2595 Manual B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5105 Table 5 - Register Functions and Pinouts NOTE 1: An "X " means no connection to any DB-25 pins. NOTE 2: Bit 4 of the Control Register ( 37AH) as an output is us ed to control IRQ7. W hen this bit is [...]

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    Docum ent ation Num ber P IOC2595 Manual 7 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5105 A ppendix A SW1: ......... 1 ..... 2 . ..... 3 ..... 4 ........5..... 6 ..... 7 ........ 8 .... X ..... X A ddr.: .....A 9 .. A 8 . ... A7 ... A6 ..... A 5... A4 ... A3 ..... A 2 .. A 1... A0 Weight: ..... 2 .[...]

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    8 Document at ion Number P I OC2595 Manual B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5105 SW1: ......... 1 ..... 2 . ..... 3 ..... 4 ........5..... 6 ..... 7 ........8 .... X ..... X A ddr.: .....A 9 .. A 8 . ... A7 ... A6 ..... A 5... A4 ... A3 ..... A 2 .. A 1... A0 Weight: ..... 2 ..... 1 . ....[...]

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    Docum ent ation Num ber P IOC2595 Manual 9 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5105 SW1: ......... 1 ..... 2 . ..... 3 ..... 4 ........5..... 6 ..... 7 ........8 .... X ..... X A ddr.: .....A 9 .. A 8 . ... A7 ... A6 ..... A 5... A4 ... A3 ..... A 2 .. A 1... A0 Weight: ..... 2 ..... 1 . ....[...]

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    10 Docum ent ation Num ber P IOC2595 Manual B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5105 SW1: ......... 1 ..... 2 . ..... 3 ..... 4 ........5..... 6 ..... 7 ........8 .... X ..... X A ddr.: .....A 9 .. A 8 . ... A7 ... A6 ..... A 5... A4 ... A3 ..... A 2 .. A 1... A0 Weight: ..... 2 ..... 1 . ...[...]

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    Docum ent ation Num ber P IOC2595 Manual 11 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5105 SW1: ......... 1 ..... 2 . ..... 3 ..... 4 ........5..... 6 ..... 7 ........8 .... X ..... X A ddr.: .....A 9 .. A 8 . ... A7 ... A6 ..... A 5... A4 ... A3 ..... A 2 .. A 1... A0 Weight: ..... 2 ..... 1 . ...[...]

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    12 Docum ent ation Num ber P IOC2595 Manual B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5105 SW1: ......... 1 ..... 2 . ..... 3 ..... 4 ........5..... 6 ..... 7 ........8 .... X ..... X A ddr.: .....A 9 .. A 8 . ... A7 ... A6 ..... A 5... A4 ... A3 ..... A 2 .. A 1... A0 Weight: ..... 2 ..... 1 . ...[...]

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    Docum ent ation Num ber P IOC2595 Manual 13 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5105 SW1: ......... 1 ..... 2 . ..... 3 ..... 4 ........5..... 6 ..... 7 ........8 .... X ..... X A ddr.: .....A 9 .. A 8 . ... A7 ... A6 ..... A 5... A4 ... A3 ..... A 2 .. A 1... A0 Weight: ..... 2 ..... 1 . ...[...]

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    14 Docum ent ation Num ber P IOC2595 Manual B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5105 SW1: ......... 1 ..... 2 . ..... 3 ..... 4 ........5..... 6 ..... 7 ........8 .... X ..... X A ddr.: .....A 9 .. A 8 . ... A7 ... A6 ..... A 5... A4 ... A3 ..... A 2 .. A 1... A0 Weight: ..... 2 ..... 1 . ...[...]

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    Docum ent ation Num ber P IOC2595 Manual 15 B&B Electronics -- P O Box 1040 -- Ottaw a, IL 61350 PH (815) 433-5100 -- FA X (815) 433-5105 NOTE 1: T he address es m ark ed with an "*" are the addresses norm ally assoc iated with LPT1 and LPT2. 378 ( and som etimes 3BCh) is used as LPT1 and 278h is usually used wi th LPT2. NOTE 2: T he [...]