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Greetings Earthlings,
Please note that I haven't posted on this incredible website since 2012, and consequently there are dozens of PMs in my inbox that I haven't read yet. I'll get around to reading these PMs over the next couple of weeks, and reply to them all in due course. I apologise in advance for these late responses. Thank you.
Please can someone explain a bit about the interfaces on this card? I'd like to learn more about it. It's a Goldstar 16-bit ISA multi I/O PC controller card, model: IDE Plus V3L, 002. It's got two 10 pin male connectors that are labelled ASYN1 and ASYN2. Are these serial ports? Is that the same thing as a "COM PORT"? Would that be for a mouse? (Why have two of them?) Would they require a "special" type of cable? (Presumably you couldn't just attach a serial mouse "directly" to them?)
Also, there are two female ports on the backplate. They have 15 and 25 pin holes. Is the 15 pin port for a joystick? (If so, would that be called a "game port"?) I guess the 25 pin port is the parallel port. Is this sometimes referred to as "LPT", and is it just used for printing? Is the connector itself known as "DB-25", and if so, what does DB stand for? Regarding its IDE connector, would that allow an IDE CD-ROM drive to be attached to its primary/master HDD as a slave device?
Thanks a lot for any comments! 😀
The Goldstar controller -
The controller's Prime 2 chipset -
The controller's model ID, printed on the reverse side of the card -