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Kingston DataCard 16 & 32

@71D4.ADF Kingston Technology DataCard 16 (Requires Description Program)
C71D4.ADF Description Program for DataCard 16
@71D4.ADF Kingston Technology DataCard 16 (Does not require Description Program)

@71D4.ADF Kingston Technology DataCard 32 (Requires Description Program)
C71D4.ADF Description Program for DataCard 32

DC16.EXE 16-bit Data Card .ADF files, install files
DC32.EXE 32-bit Data Card .ADF files, install files
DCWIPE.EXE Wipes Track 0 on Data Card only!

data16c3.pdf KTM-DC16 installation guide
data32c3.pdf KTM-DC32 installation guide

Hard Drives
Header W1
Kingston KTM-DC16
   Jumper W2
   Adapter ROM
   Features
   SIMM Requirements
   201 and 164 Errors
   Systems Using Reply Motherboards
Kingston KTM-DC32
   Adapter ROM
   Features
   SIMM Requirements
   Selectable Boot
   DataCard and Internal IBM Hard Drive
ADF Sections

Hard Drives

The DC16 and DC32 use 2.5" laptop drives connected using a 50-pin cable. The upper 4 pins on the drive (towards the top of the adapter) are separated from the rest of the pins. These 4 pins are used to select the master/slave configuration. The rest of the pins form the usual 44-pin 2.5" IDE interface (data + power).

The DC/32 uses the Seagate Marathon ST9xxxxx range of 2.5" IDE drives - e.g. ST9235AG.

Header W1

This was to be a six pin header. If you follow the traces on the reverse of the DataCard, they go up to the four power pins at the top of J1. My guess- W1 was to be a separate power header. Why? All the DCs I have use 50 pin cables.

Kingston KTM-DC16

DC-16 Kingston 1115015, HG62F43S32FL

There is a HG62F SERIES gate array on the solder side.

Jumper W2

Jumper W2 in the upper left corner of the DC-16/32 is set to position A for compatibility with all IBM SIMM modules. To use 16 MB SIMMs on the DC32, move the jumper to position B for 16 MB SIMM compatibility.

For Kingston 2 MB, 4 MB, and 8 MB SIMMs, either jumper position works fine. IBM and Kingston SIMM modules can be mixed.

Ed. There seems to be different versions of the adapter - some with the W2 jumper, some without.

Adapter ROM

2x AM27C256-120 (could be -150, tiny text) 32Kx8 CMOS EPROM, DIP-32 (U9 & U11)

DC-16 BIOS 2.1 EVEN (U9)
DC-16 BIOS 2.1 ODD (U11)

Features

The DC-16 is designed for Models 50, 50z, 55SX, 56, 57, 60, and 65SX personal computers. The models are KTM-DC16/127, DC16/ 209, DC16/260 and DC16/340. The  2.5" 16 ms hard drive sizes are 127 MB, 209 MB, 260 MB or 340 MB (Ed. an 85 MB exists)

The DC-16 is also a 16-bit memory expansion adapter which supports up to 16 MB of onboard memory. The DataCard-16 can be plugged into any 16-bit expansion slot, but should use the slot closest to the fixed disk controller so as not to interfere with any other expansion slot.

Its onboard hard drive can replace the existing hard disk or be configured as a second hard drive for increased data storage capacity. The DC-16 can also be configured as the boot drive and may be partitioned into several logical drives to run more than one operating system. The DC-16 supports DOS 3.3 or higher, OS/2 2.0 or higher, and Windows NT 3.x.

SIMM Requirements

The DC-16 has four sockets labeled P1, P2, P3, and P4 into which you can plug from one to four SIMM modules. The DC-16 uses standard 2 MB and 4 MB IBM 72-pin SIMM modules.

Note: Do NOT use 1 MB SIMMs (Kingston P/N: KTM1000/M70). other 1 MB SIMMs; or ones slower than 85 ns. These modules are incompatible with the DataCard-16.

201 Memory Parity Error and 164 Memory Size Error

If you are installing the DataCard-16 with memory, it is important to run the INSTALL program from the Kingston diskette to copy the DataCard's option files to your backup Reference diskette.

Systems Using Reply Motherboards

If your PS/2 computer has been upgraded with a Reply system board, it will not recognize memory on the DataCard-16. The Reply board is designed to address a full 16 MB of RAM from its system board without searching micro channel expansion ports for additional memory. For this reason, memory should be installed directly onto the system board. Remove any memory from the DataCard-16 and install it on the Reply motherboard.

Kingston KTM-DC32

DC-32 Kingston 1115012, HG62F43S16FL (source)

There is a HG62F SERIES gate array on the solder side.

Adapter ROM

1x AM27C256-150 32Kx8 CMOS EPROM, DIP-32 (U16)

DC-32 BIOS, C1.7 (U16)

Features

The DataCard-32 is designed for IBM PS/2 Models 70, 80 and 90 personal computers. The models are KTM-DC32/127, DC32/ 209, DC32/260 and DC32/340. The  2.5" 16 ms hard drive sizes are 85 MB, 127 MB, 209 MB, 260 MB, 340 MB and 540 MB.

Note: Tim adds support for 85 MB and 540 MB. Does 540 MB imply >528 MB support?

The DC-32 is also a 32-bit memory expansion adapter which supports up to 64 MB of 80 ns Parity onboard memory. The DC-32 can be plugged into any 32-bit expansion slot, but should use the slot closest to the fixed disk controller so as not to interfere with any other expansion slot. It is essentially a Kingston MC/64 (a.k.a. PS/64) adapter with the IDE Interface and HD added.

Note: If you need 80 ns memory for the PS/64, should you use 80 ns in the DC-32?

Its onboard hard drive can replace the existing hard disk or be configured as a second hard drive for increased data storage capacity. The DC-32 can also be configured as the boot drive and may be partitioned into several logical drives to run more than one operating system. The DataCard-32 supports DOS 3.3 or higher, OS/2 2.0 or higher, and Windows NT 3.x.

SIMM Requirements

The DataCard-32 has four sockets labeled P1, P2, P3, and P4 into which you can plug from one to four SIMM modules. The DataCard-32 uses IBM standard 72-pin SIMMs of 2 MB, 4 MB, 8 MB, and 16 MB SIMM sizes with parity or without parity.

Note: Do NOT use 1 MB SIMMs (Kingston P/N: KTM1000/M70) other 1 MB memory modules; or memory modules that are slower than 85 nanoseconds. These modules are incompatible with the DataCard-32.

Selectable Boot

Note: Not a ADF section! Just a combination key press.

This feature allows you to select which hard drive to boot from while the system is powering on by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1 just after the Kingston logo appears (Press the keys after the Kingston logo appears or you may encounter a 301 keyboard error). As the system is booting up, you will see the following message:

Kingston Technology Corp. Copyright (c) 1993.
BIOS Version xxx

At this point quickly press Ctrl+Alt+F1. You have only a few seconds to do so. In the following example, the internal hard drive is the boot drive and you wish to boot from the DataCard-32. The screen will now display:

First drive is original.
Press B to swap, or ENTER to bypass timer.

Pressing "B" on the keyboard will change the boot disk from the internal hard drive to the DataCard-32. If you change your mind, press [Enter] to bypass, or let the timer count down to zero and it will boot from the default disk. This procedure will not permanently change the boot drive default.

DataCard and Internal IBM Hard Drive

If you have an internal IBM hard disk already installed and are adding the DataCard-32 as a second drive, it is important to know the drive type number. Page down the Change Configuration menu to the last expansion slot. It should look something like this:

slot x - IBM Hard Disk Adapter
   Type of first drive..........[ 32]
   Type of second drive.....[ 0]

In this example, the IBM internal hard drive type is 32. Write down your drive type number below for future reference.

For older systems, the 90/95 series would not show Drive Type. Or would it? I don't know.

AdapterID 071D4h Kingston Technology DataCard 16 or 32

Note: The two ADFs differ only in the adapter name and the sysmem definition (24 vs 32 address bits).

Controller I/O Address
   This selects the I/O address space of the adapter
     < I/O Base 8020-803f>, 8120-813f, 8220-823f, 8320-833f

BIOS Address
   This selects the base address of the BIOS PROM. The default setting is D4000h for DOS or OS/2 non-bootable, but can be changed to another address if desired. For Windows NT, use D0000h bootable or D2000h non-bootable. If you have another hard drive currently on your system, it will remain the boot drive at any non-boot address setting and the DataCard will be the second physical drive on your system. If the DataCard is the only hard drive on your system, it will become the boot drive and boot the system from any address listed.
     <D4000-Dos-OS/2 non-boot>, D600-Dos-OS/2 boot, C800-Dos-OS/2 boot, CA00-Dos-OS/2 non-boot, CC00-Dos-OS/2 non-boot, CE00-Dos-OS/2 non-boot, D000-Dos-NT boot, D200-Dos-NT non-boot

Interrupt Level
   This selects the interrupt level for the adapter
     <Interrupt 15>, 14, 11, 10