ID #3460

BSC: Multiface III

Alfa Data: Multiface III
Connection: Zorro II

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The MultiFaceCard III is a full length Zorro II card providing 2 extra high speed serial ports and 1 extra high speed parallel port. The MFC card uses the 68681 serial UART, which has a three-byte FIFO buffer. As this port is bidirectional, it can be used with a special version of ParNet found on the install disk. There's no ROM or EPROM on the card, and thus no drivers that autoconfig. You have to run the MFC program which provides the "duart.device" for the serial ports and the "pit.device" for the parallel port.

Board Layout
|___
|
______________________________|
| Ser0 :::::::: |
| |
| |
_______________________________| Ser1 :::::::: |# Serial
| |# Port 0
| |# (DB9)
| |
| :JP |#
| |# Parallel
| |# (DB25)
| |#
| |#
|______________________________________________________________|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |

Jumpers

JP: Board Disable
On: Disable MFC
Off: Enable MFC

Connectors

Ser0: Serial Port 0 (External DB9) (Standard PC 9-pin serial port.)
Pin 1: DCD
Pin 2: RXD
Pin 3: TXD
Pin 4: DTR
Pin 5: Ground
Pin 6: DSR
Pin 7: RTS
Pin 8: CTS
Pin 9: RI

Ser0, Ser1 (External DB25 connected to internal 26-pin header)
Pin 1: Shield Ground
Pin 2: TXD
Pin 3: RXD
Pin 4: RTS
Pin 5: CTS
Pin 6: DSR
Pin 7: Data Ground
Pin 8: DCD
Pin 9: +12V (Probably current-limited to about 20 mA.)
Pin 10: -12V (Probably current-limited to about 20 mA.)
Pin 11: NC? (Stock A4000 serial: Amiga Audio Out (Left))
Pin 12: SI (Stock A4000 serial: Unused)
Pin 13: NC?
Pin 14: NC?
Pin 15: NC?
Pin 16: NC?
Pin 17: NC?
Pin 18: NC? (Stock A4000 serial: Amiga Audio In (Right))
Pin 19: NC?
Pin 20: DTR
Pin 21: NC?
Pin 22: RI
Pin 23: NC?
Pin 24: NC?
Pin 25: NC?

The internal Ser0 connector can be used instead of the external DB9
if signals not present on the DB9 connector are needed.

Contributions to this page by:
Michael Czajka, RiWa & Friends, Thomas Huber, Vaughn Atkinson, Warren Block

Letzte Änderung des Artikels: 2009-01-25 20:58
Revision: 1.0

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