I don't know what they're for either, but I did find that the machine wouldn't boot with one jumper configuration and a particular memory installation I was using. However, I didn't take notes and I didn't experiment further. I was too busy getting my SIMMs to work.
I just noted it down as a project for future exploration.
Based on that tiny snippet of info, I imagine that at least one of the jumpers controls something to do with the RAM.