QUADBOARD MEMORY BANK ENABLING

TOTAL QUADBOARD QUADBOARD SWITCH 1 POSITIONS

MEMORY 5 6 7 8

64K OFF OFF OFF ON

128K OFF OFF ON ON

192K OFF ON ON ON

256K ON ON ON ON



See PC DIP switch settings for how to set the system

motherboard.



QUADBOARD MEMORY QUADBOARD SWITCH 1 SETTINGS

STARTING ADDRESS 1 2 3 4

64K ON ON ON OFF

128K ON ON OFF ON

192K ON ON OFF OFF

256K ON OFF ON ON

320K ON OFF ON OFF

384K ON OFF OFF ON

448K ON OFF OFF OFF

512K OFF ON ON ON

576K OFF ON ON OFF

640K OFF ON OFF ON

704K OFF ON OFF OFF

768K OFF OFF ON ON

832K OFF OFF ON OFF

896K OFF OFF OFF ON

960K OFF OFF OFF OFF



QUADBOARD SWITCH 2 SETTINGS



1 ON - MEMORY PARITY ENABLED

1 OFF - MEMORY PARITY DISABLED



2 ON - CLOCK ENABLED

2 OFF - CLOCK DISABLED

3 NOT USED



4 ON - PARALLEL PORT ENABLED

4 OFF - PARALLEL PORT DISABLED



5 OFF,
6 OFF - PARALLEL PORT DISABLED

5 OFF,
6 ON - LPT1

5 ON,
6 OFF - LPT2

5 ON,
6 ON - NOT USED



7 OFF,
8 OFF - SERIAL PORT DISABLED

7 OFF,
8 ON - COM 2

7 ON,
8 OFF - COM 1

7 ON,
8 ON - NOT USED



AST SIX-PACK PLUS
Partial listing

Assumes 384K on adapter and 256K on system board
(640K total)

Switch 1
(starting address 256K)
S1-1 OFF
S1-2 ON
S1-2 ON

PARITY CHECK ENABLE
S1-8 ON

384K ON ADAPTER
S1-4 ON
S1-5 ON
S1-6 OFF

PIN 6
CLOCK
ENABLE ON

PIN 1 & PIN 2
COM SELECT

PIN 3 & PIN 4
INTERRUPT SELECT

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