From: rosso@elixir.e.kth.se (R.S.)
Subject: "SIX PACK PLUS multi I/O Card.....HELP!"
Reply-To: rosso@elixir.e.kth.se (R.S.)
Organization: School of EE, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 22:16:48 GMT


I give some information about my problem, if somebody have som information 
or have a manual for this card could he or she send me a copy please.




My computer is an IBM pc xt .
It has a multifunctions card  : SIX PAK PLUS
                                
manufactur :  AST research inc.

on the card it is written  :  FCC ID : Djk68y spk 1177

Elektronic information about this card :


Att left it has memory expansion to 384.
in the middle upp ther is a battery-backed clock/calender

------------------------------------------------------------------
-                                                                 -
                        2              3              4
                                                                  -

                                      5                   6       -

   
          1                                                        -

                                          7         8

                                                                  -

                        9         10              11      

---------------------------
                          -                                       -
                          -                                       -
                           ----------------------------------------

                     (figure of this card )

1. momory
2. Battery
3. j2  (2 x 13) pins for parallel printer and plotter 
4. j3  (2 x 8 ) pins for optional game adapter port for joysticks and other 
    cursor-control devices.
5. chips   ~/B8408
            1820-2813
             MM58167 AN

6. Noting is written just 1,2,3
   it has 3 x 3 pins . two left pins are attaced together (it is a jumper)
    I mean if you souppose it as a matris of 3 x 3 :   . . .
                                                       . . .
                                                       . . .


   matris 1,1  and 1,2   are atached.
     -    2,1   -   2,2       _ 
     _    3,1   _   3,2       _

 (I see that it's difficult to discribe a picture )

7. S1 a swith which has 8 positions . Know it is so 
    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8
   off  on  on on  on  off  off on

   I use a color card .

8. Chips : WD
           Wd 8250 cl-20
           8401 07

9. a jumper . Nothing is written on the card.
   a matris of 2 X 6    . . . . . .
                        . . . . . .

   these are atached :  1,2   to  2,2                       
                        1.3   to  2,3
                        1,6   to  2,6
     
10. A litten jumper   .  . 
    two pins which are attached.It is written IRQ7

11. IRQ  , a jumper of 2 x 6             . . . . . .
                                         . . . . . .

    These are attached :
                          1,1  to  2,1

I red in a book that this card has a  diskette program to set and access the 
clock on the card as well as programs to turn memory into a Ram disk and
obtain a printer spooling capability.
But I dont have this diskette or this program so I can't use its battery to have
the time and date in memory.
I tried to use an intern modem card in my computer but it's incompatible with
this multifunctions card I can't choose the good seriell port so I need to
change its jumper or SW1 but as I dont have its manuell I dont know how .
I can't use printer neither.
Do you know if it's possible to use a mouse with this card or it need a sparate
card ? How about joysticks ?
I hope you can help me. But as I am not an expert explain simple .

Thanks
Rosso S.
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