Laser UDC CARD User Manual

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128,

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128EX are registered trademarks

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128EX/2

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Laser Computer, Inc.

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PERSONAL

COMPUTER

UDCCARD

USER'S GUIDE

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1

UDC

Card User's Guide

WHAT

IS

INSIDE

?

Before you

start

to

work with your

UDC

Card, check

that

you've got

the

following items :

•

•

•

•

•

UDCcard
Copy

II

Plus®

bundle
Owner's registration card
90-day limited warranty

card

This user's

manual

If

any

of

the

above is missing, please consult your dealer.

WHATISTHEUDCCARD?

The

UDC

(for Universal Disk Controller) card is a versatile floppy disk

controller

that

works with

the

following computers :

•

LASER

128®

•

LASER

128EX®

•

LASER

128EX/2™

•

APPLE®

II+

•

APPLE

Ile®

•

APPLE

IIGS®

If

you

are

using your

UDC

card

with

the

LASER

128 series computers, you

will also

need

an

expansion box which can provide extra power

and

shielding for your peripheral cards. Consult your dealer for availability

of

the

expansion box.

Besides traditional 5.25" drives (143K),

the

UDC

card

also supports

the

larger capacity

3.5"

drives

(SOOK).

Up

to

a maximum

of

four disk drives

(two 5.25" drives + two

3.5" drives) can

be

hooked

up

with

the

UDC

card.

The

types

of

disk drives supported by the

UDC

card

include :

•

LASER

FD-lOOc 5.25" drive

•

LASER

FD-356

3.5"

drive

•

LASER

FD-356DC

3.5"

daisy-chain drive

•

APPLE

5.25 daisy-chain drive

•

APPLE

3.5 daisy-chain drive

UDC

Card User's Guide 2

The

UDC

card

is automatically recognized by ProDOS® as a block storage

device

and

hence requires

no

special disk-based software drivers.

INSTALLING

THE

UDC CARD

Installation

of

the

UDC

card is simple

and

should take only a few minutes .

Read

the

following paragraphs carefully

and

follow

the

instructions step by

step .

• First

of

all, turn

OFF

your computer

(and

the expansion box if you

are

using the

LASER

128 series computers).

WARNING:

Do

not

plug or unplug any peripheral card while

your

computer is on, Otherwise, your computer

and/or

the

peripheral card

may

be damaged.

ell

If

you

are

using

the

LASER

128 series computers, plug the expansion

box

into

the

50-way expansion connector

on

the

left side

of

your

computer, following

the

instructions

in

the user's

manual

that

comes

with

the

expansion box.

Then

plug

the

UDC

card into the slot inside

the

expansion

box

which

corresponds

to

port 5 of

the computer. Set

the

"INTERNAL/EX-

TERNAL

PORT

5"

switch inside the

ROM

door

on

the

bottom

of

the

computer

to

"EXTERNAL"

(refer

to

computer's user's

manual

for

more

information

on

this switch).

Note: The built-in expansion

RAM

interface at port 5

of

the com-

puter

must

be disabled when the UDC card is in use. This is

necessary because each

I/O

porl can only support one device

ata

time.

If

you

are

using

an

APPLE

II+

/Ile

/IIGS,

just

plug

the

UDC

card into

any

of

the

peripheral expansion slots (preferably slot 5) located

at

the

rear

end

of

the

motherboard.

The

card will only fit

in

one

direction

and

so

you

don't

have

to

worry about inserting

the

card

in the wrong orien-

tation.

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