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5-11 Parallel Port/Floppy/Hard Disk Drive Connections
Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables:
• The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires.
• A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1.
• A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors
to provide for two floppy disk drives.
always connects to drive A, and the connector that does not have
twisted wires always connects to drive B.
Parallel Port Connector
The parallel (printer) port is lo-
cated on J7. See the table on the
right for pin definitions.
Chapter 5: Advanced Motherboard Setup
The connector with twisted wires
Parallel (Printer) Port Pin Definitio ns
Pin Number
Function
1
Strobe-
3
Data Bit 0
5
Data Bit 1
7
Data Bit 2
9
Data Bit 3
11
Data Bit 4
13
Data Bit 5
15
Data Bit 6
17
Data Bit 7
19
ACK
21
BUSY
23
PE
25
SLCT
5-21
(J7)
Pin Number
Function
2
Auto Feed-
4
Error-
6
Init-
8
SLCT IN-
10
GND
12
GND
14
GND
16
GND
18
GND
20
GND
22
GND
24
GND
26
NC
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