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IBM Japan has only sold the 4MB and 8MB version, but there exist 3d-party-memory- upgrades with up to 20MB .. check out section 2.18 how to upgrade memory..
Sorry, I have no actual prices, so ask the suppliers!
1.5. Availability (or: Where can I buy it?)
Non-japanese may buy a PC110 from this location:
T-Zone: http://vtzone.ado.co.jp/home.htm
(I bought my RAM-upgrade there)
Global Support:
(I bought my PC110 there)
Fax: +81-3-3355-5496.
EMail: gssito@kt.rim.or.jp
Pocket Computers:
WWW: http://www.POCKETCOMPUTERS.com
EMail: Shane@pocketcomp.com
Use "ps2 vexpansion on" (or FN-V) to enable the vertical screen expansion, this means that you'll get e.g. the 320x200 fullscreen (320x240), it works with DOS-text-modes also. There seems to be no special software for the VGA-Card to be able to use 800x600x256 on an external monitor or to have more than 60Hz on a multiscan-monitor.
You can
adjust contrast and brightness of the internal display. Whereas the brightness
only has 3 steps, the contrast is very good to adjust (wide range from totally
black to totally white). However I found that if you make the contrast
high enough to display the dark colours correctly in an image, the light grey
borders in Personaware's buttons are too white then.
Once I installed a
graphic software under windows, I found out that the display has a gamma of
1.6. Maybe I had the contrast too high.
It is a very small (4.7"!)
display, if you look the whole day on it you'll get problems with your eyes
:) And if you're used to it after some days, don't look at 10.5" 640x480
LCDisplays :) It's a real good display (good contrast/colors/..). A
color-dot/pixel has about the size of 0.148mm.
If you compare the
size and the display with a 14"-monitor, you would have to use a 1600x1200
screenmode to see how small characters on the PC110 display are. ;-)
2.2. LCD-display
The PC110 also has a small LCD-Display with 4 chars and some symbols which
indicate numlock, scrollock and capslock. It shows the clock if the
power is off, or shows clock&battery charge if it's in suspended mode.
"AC" shows that the external power is connected and a "<" indicates that
the battery is recharged.
"IBM" is shown if you power on the PC110, "HI/M/LO" shows the
power consumption (this is adjustable with FN-F11 when no power supply
connected.)
You can define LCD&Power timeout and CPU power (33/16/8MHz) for
each mode with the PS2-programme (this feature however is only available
in its userinterface-mode, which only works under an Japanese DOS-environment.
The charge of battery is displayd with 0%,5%,10%,20%,30%,.....,90%,100% if
the machine is in suspend-mode. (FN-F4 or closed)
With FN-B, you can change what it is displayed, time only, battery only, or both.
2.3. keyboard
Well, imagine the size and you'll know that this is not the keyboard you
want to type whole day&night on it :) However, it is indeed possible to do so.
No more words to say as this is very subjective. How large are your fingers? Etc.
It has 90 keys incl. 1xFN, 2xCTRL, 2xALT, 2xSHIFT and the whole other needed keys. PageUP/PageDOWN/Home/End are in the first row above the backspace key. (Well, I like the FN-cursor on some notebooks more). There also exist special Japanese keys. If you load a national keymap ("keyb gr" for example) some of these keys are remapped, others are useless. Maybe you could define it with some tools. If someone has such a utility and it works, please let me know, because one key from the german keyboard is not remapped and 2 japanese keys are undefined (+ 3 keys which seem to be alt-styled).
You can turn on/off the key-click with "ps2 click on/off"
There are some special (secret) FN-keys which are not described in the manual:
FN+V = toggles vertical expansion of the screen on/off (PS2 vexpansion on/off)
FN+M = toggles speaker on/off
FN+B = toggles LCD-Status. Look at the number displayed in the LCD, it means:
0 = show battery status if on, batt.&time if off (="ps2 _@stat auto")
1 = always show the time (="ps2 _@stat time")
2 = always show battery status (="ps2 _@stat batt")
3 = always toggle between battery status and time
Anyone knows other keys? (For example to turn the backlight off?)
2.4. pointing-head and mouse-buttons
The pointing-head (not 100% the same as the thinkpad trackpoints) is on the
left above the keyboard. Two of the mouse-buttons are also here, but on the
right side there are also the two mouse-buttons. "left/right" is
same on both sides, the left are not remapped for the left hand. This is
really a nice idea, as you can either use the mouse and buttons with only
the left hand, or move the mouse with the left hand and use the right hand
to press the buttons. Of course it's faster to use windows with a real mouse,
however I think it is better and faster as a trackpad. My opinion!
2.5. keyboard and mouse connector
There is a small special keyboard/mouse-connector on the back of the PC110.
You need a special cable however, then you'll have a PS/2 keyboard/mouse
connector. With a PS/2-Y-Adaptor you can then have a keyboard and a mouse attached
at the same time without having to use the docking station.
2.6. memopad
Between the two mouse-buttons on the left and the two on the right there is the
memopad. Here you can draw and write. However this will only work in Personaware's
"draw memo"-application of Personaware. As the digitizer is pretty slow, you
cannot write your signature fast. And of course you cannot see where you draw.
A trackpad may have been better to include here. The only real usage in my
opinion is to write your signature, 'cause you can use the drawmemos
with the internal fax-software. However I would prefer a real pen-organizer to
draw "memos" (Even the small Casio NX-4000 has a faster digitizer) :-)
Robin O'Leary has written a driver for Linux to use the memopad without Personaware. Check out his source if you want to port it to another OS ;-). http://swan.ml.org/pc110/ or check http://toy.cabi.net/drivers.html
Also, a Win3.1 and Win95 driver was written by Rex K. Perkins,
it is possible to use the memopad as a mouse
(relative movements) as well as a pad (absolute movements). It can be found on his homepage:
http://www.pobox.com/~rexkp
2.7. PCMCIA-slot(s)
On the left side under the keyboard there are two PCMCIA-II-slots which can be
used as one PCMCIA-III slot. If you've bought the YDW-model, you'll find the
HD here. Of course you cannot use the PCMCIA-III-HD together with, say, a
PCMCIA-CDROM or -Modem. Although IBM Japan says they give no warranty for
compatibility with non-japanese PCMCIA-cards, I don't think there will be
any problems. I tried my Zenith Z-Player CDROM, works fine. The PCMCIA-Port is
bootable, if a HD is attached, the PC110 remaps the drives (C: = HD, D:=
internal flash) and boots off that one. For sysinfo-programmes, this simply is an
IDE-controller then. There's no need to load any PCMCIA-drivers. With this
feature you could have for example two PCMCIA-HDs, one with Dos&Windows and
another one with Linux. You can define the boot-drive(s) in the BIOS-Setup.
Default is Floppy->HDD->Flash.
2.8. smart pico-flash slot
On the other side under the keyboard is the smart-pico-flash-slot. There
exist 4MB, 10MB, 15MB ones, nowadays upto 30 MB and more I think.
Some of the new digital cameras uses these cards, too.
2.9. infrared port
Should be a standard IRDA, I use it successfully with the HP48G and the Nokia 9000
Communicator. However: It is not possible, to use the infrared port together with
the RS232C - in the bios-setup you CAN setup which port# to use for infrared, modem,
RS232, but you cannot use the IR as #1 and the RS232 as #2 for example :(
Also I don't know if it's possible to control your TV...
2.10. modem
Well, the internal modem seems to be one of the worst they could include ;-)
Ok, if you look at the PC110 you cannot imagine that they found enough space
for a modem at all. FAX is class2/2.0 with max. 9600 BPS. This is ok. DATA
however is 2400/MNP5 max. No V42bis, no >2400. However, it has a voice-feature!
I don't know if this works with existing versions of voice-mailbox-software,
I haven't found any on one of my CDs. There is a small utility on one of the
PC110-disks called "tvcc" which converts .tvc to .wav - whereas tvc is the format
the modem sends and receives voice. I don't know if it is possible to answer
a call in voice/fax mode, I tried it once and it did not work, but I don't
know each AT-command. There are only a few AT-commands available. For example,
there is neither an ATL to set the volume nor an AT&W to save your settings. In
the PC110-manual only a few AT-commands are listed, the AT-commands for
the voice-mode are listed in a (japanese) textfile supplied with the
"tvcc"-utility. I partly translated this text, but its too long to add it in
the FAQ, if you want to have it, get it: pc110voi.txt.
Please write me if you 've written or configured a Voice-Mailbox-Software
to work with this modem. As it uses "AT+V..."-commands, it's not rockwell-,
but also not ZyXel-compatible ... :-(
Addendum '98: A modem-upgrade now exists, but it is said to be a bit difficult
to do it on your own: 5.8. How to upgrade the internal modem.
2.11. telephone
With the modem connected to the phone line, you are also able to use the
PC110 as a telephone. On the front you have a speaker on the left and a
microphone on the right. The microphone is also a switch to go on/off hook.
You can answer a call with the PC110 off, but you cannot dial then (this
can be either done with Personaware or an ATD-command sent to the modem).
The phone-ring can be turned on/off with a switch on the right above the
smart-pico-flash-slot.
2.12. headset-connectors
There exist two headset-connectors (mic/speaker-combo), one on the front
next to the mic, and the other one on the back. The front connector seems only to control
the phone line, the back connector uses the soundcard _and_ the PC-Speaker! So it is
up to you what you will connect here ;-). The "input" here is microphone and
not "line", if you want to record in windows (or whereever), be sure to select
"microphone" and not "line" as input. The real micro in the front and the
speaker will be disabled when you plug something in here..
2.13. soundcard
It's a soundblaster-compatible soundcard, 8bit mono. The default-settings
are IRQ 5, adr. 220h, I think. You can change this with the PS2-programme.
The sound comes out off the right speaker which is located on the battery-cover.
You can adjust the volume with FN-PgUp/PgDn in 8 steps. I suggest to lower
the volume before using the modem as this is very loud compared to system-
beeps for example.
2.14. rechargeable battery (incl. some reports 'how long last ...')
The battery is 7.2V, 1200mAh. You can use also a Sony NP-520 which has
1350mAh. It is said they last about 1.5-3h without HD and 1-1.5h with HD.
My experience (20 MB RAM, standard battery): ~1.5h without HD, CPU=mid; <1h with
HD/Win95, CPU=low. Though the Sony NP-520 has more mAh, I am not satisfied
with it at all: It's a bit bigger, making it a bit more complicated to get it out of the PC110,
and does not last as long as the standard battery.
The LCD displays the status of the battery (0%...100%, re/discharge)
When the PC110 is turned on, the battery will not be charged unless you use a
small utility called "ultrachg" (not included). (However, the charging then takes MUCH
more time!). Otherwise, the PC110 has to be in suspend-mode (FN-F4 or closed) for
charging. Also no recharge when the PC110 is turned off!!
Addendum '98: In the meantime, there exist some more batteries:
The Hitachi VM-BPL 13,
1350mAh, one user reported about 2h with PCMCIA HD,
and the Sony NP-F550, 1500mAh.
2.15. power supply
The AC power supply is 100V, 50/60Hz. Various people use it in the US
with 110/115V without problems so far. In Europe however, where you have
220/230V, it is impossible to use this without an adaptor. As I have not
found any such converter, I use a 9V/1.3A power supply. Officially the PC110
needs 10.5V/1.3A, but 9V/1.3A works fine. My MiniDisc-Walkman's power supply does
not work, but the car-adaptor of this walkman does!!)
(*German on*: Ich benutze den "Mainy 9V/1.3A", den's z.B.
beim Conrad gibt und von Egston aus Oesterreich hergestellt wird. Er ist sehr
handlich, wird kaum warm und funktioniert problemlos. Natuerlich hat der
Stecker nicht gepasst, da musste der originale 'ran. Wenn man die kleine
"Egston-Abdeckung" wegmacht, findet sich ein Potentiometer, eine knappe
viertel Drehung nach rechts (Aus der Sicht, daß der Stecker links
liegt) bewirkt eine Steigerung auf 10.5V. (Thanks to Joerg) *German off*)
2.16. port-replicator (docking station), its ports and the floppy-drive
I would call it "docking station", IBM Japan calls it "port replicator". (I
think because of its small size and the possibility to use it without
external power from the PC110 battery). Its size is about the same of the
PC110 and it is stuck under it, that means the "unit" is then twice as
thick. You'll get standard serial, parallel, VGA- ports on the back and
PS/2 keyboard, mouse and power on the left. On the right is the floppy-drive
connecter, (Floppy-drive is also supplied with the YDW-model). The station is very
light-weighted (~380g) and you can use it without external power from the
PC110 battery. Some words about the ports:
Sysinfo-programmes report it as an IDE-controller and -drive. On the internal
flash there's the Personaware software and a very small PC-Dos/V7.0J. There
are about 450k free. To have more free space, you could delete the japanese
dictionary file and install stacker on it. I got about 3 MB "fake" free space then.
Also no problem to use stacker on the PCMCIA-HD of course.
2.18. RAM & upgrade
There exist 3d-party 8 and 16 MB RAM upgrades, to get a total of 12 and 20 MB of RAM.
If you have a
8MB-model, you'll already have a 4 MB card in. To upgrade the memory, you
have to open the PC110 from the bottom, but this is not difficult. After you've
opened the case you'll see a small card (or free slot) on the right. This is
the RAM-card (or the place for it). (Well, you may lose your warranty, you
know ..) Now you can exchange the 4 MB card with a 8 MB card to have 12 MB
RAM. If you have more than 8 MB, you seem to need a small bios-upgrade,
otherwise you have problems with the 256-color-VGA-drivers for Win/Win95 ..
(Be sure to ask for the Bios-Upgrade-Disk when ordering a RAM-Upgrade!!)
NOTE: Seamus Waldron has written an english version of Personaware,
as well as a Win95-Personaware-Software. You may find it here:
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~seamus-waldron/pc110/pt_down.htm#pw
3.1. General usage for non-Japanese reading users
Generally I'd say: Just take a bit time and try everything out :) You
cannot format your flash, you could only delete some files, so make a
backup first :) Ok, serious: After starting Personaware (say, after
booting the PC110 from the internal flash-disk), use the mouse or cursor
buttons to select an application and press Enter. Exit an app. with F12.
In the most app. you'll come back to the same page the next time you start
it. You can copy&insert text with ctrl-c/v/x (mark with shift-cursor). By
pressing F1 you'll get help, of course always in Japanese, but you could
see how special keys are assigned in this prg.). On the main screen you
can turn on/off the button bar with F12 or by pressing the mousebutton in the
right bottom corner. The icons are generally easy to understand.
3.2. Advanced usage (and features on the main menu screen)
You can change each icon, picture, description from the main screen, you can
also add and delete applications or move their position. It's possible to
have more appl. installed than you can see on the screen (scroll with cursor
or F7/F8). This are some of the keys&features on the main screen:
All pictures&icons are located in \pw\system\ - where also exist some more
icons and bmp-files used by the applications. For example, I've created a new
background and new button-images and enhanced some other things.
In \pw\data\ you'll find all files used by the applications: datafiles
(schedule/address/..), .ini-files and so on. You may want to have a look at
some of the .ini-files, but it's most useless...
3.3. Description, help and usage for each application (general&advanced)
3.3.1. Schedule
measure/weight: you can change the kind of transformation with the button-list
on the left. Here's a complete list, the first number is the line-nr of the
left button-list and then the bigger buttons in the mid are listed from
left to right, top to bottom (you'll see the english in the display):
1: mm, ft, cm, yard, m, mile, km, (japanese), inch, (japanese)
2: m^2, (japanese), (japanese), (japanese), ha, acre, (japanese)
3: cc, gal(us), l, (japanese), m^3, (japanese), pint, (jap.), quart, (jap.)
4: g, (japanese), kg, (japanese), t, (japanese), oz, lb
5: degree celsius, fahrenheit, kelvin
financial mode: too much japanese here. Look at F1 and the documantation for the formulas used here, maybe you can check it out yourself..
3.3.11. Editor
First you have to choose the file you want to edit.
A translation for the Japanese PS/2-screen-layout, posted by shane@pocketcomp.com to the PC110-mailing list:
MAIN MENU 1. POWER SETTING Power Management [ ] High [ ] Med [ ] Low [ ] A/C F5 MENU Suspend Time [30] Display Timeout [17] CPU SPEED [ ] High [ ] Med [ ] Low F8 MENU Unknown Wake Times? 2. DISPLAY SETTING Display Selection [ ] LCD [ ] CRT Vertical Expansion [ ] Vertical Expansion X=ON 3. SYSTEM SETTING Audio IRQ IRQ [ ] IRQ5 [ ] IRQ10 [ ] Disable DMA [ ] DMA1 [ ] DMA3 I/O [ ] 0220h Touch Pad IRQ [ ] IRQ5 [ ] IRQ10 [ ] Disable I/O [ ] 15E0h [ ] 25E0h [ ] 35E0h 4. COM PORT SETTING IR PORT [ ] COM1 [ ] COM2 [ ] Disabled SERIAL PORT [ ] COM1 [ ] COM2 [ ] Disabled INTERNAL MODEM [ ] COM1 [ ] COM2 [ ] Disabled PCMCIA [ ] COM1 [ ] COM2 [ ] Disabled ENTER=SAVE F1=HELP F3=EXIT SPACE=SELECT
Type "ps2 _@???" and you'll get the "hacker" options of PS2:
Usage : PS2 _@Keyboard Device Auto | BothAuto=Use internal _or_ external keyboard; both=Use _both_ keyboards
Usage : PS2 _@Keyboard Response Normal | Long Usage : PS2 _@Token ring 4Mbps | 16Mbps Usage : PS2 _@DEFAULT Usage : PS2 _@CMOS [OR | AND | XOR] [XXH[=YYH]] (XX=Index, YY=Data) Usage : PS2 _@BATTery Standard | Other Usage : PS2 _@STATus Auto | Time | BatteryWhat the LCD should display .. (You can also toggle this with FN+B, cf. "2.3. keyboard and special FN-keystrokes".)
Usage : PS2 _@OFF Usage : PS2 _@COMB RS232 | IRda | MIDI | ASK Usage : PS2 _@LPT BI | UNI | ECP | EPPOK, you can change the LPT to "EPP", but don't hope that your parallel ZIP will work with EPP too - it doesn't! It works with 'bi-directional' and won't get more than ~100k/s :-(
Usage : PS2 _@ATA Primary | Secondary Usage : PS2 _@IRQClear Disable | Enable Usage : PS2 _@PCIC Disable | Enable Usage : PS2 _@PCCD3v Disable | EnablePlay around with the last two settings if you have problems with pcmcia/flash cards.
Usage : PS2 _@FDDPM Disable | Enable Usage : PS2 _@FNkey NO[=YYH] (NO=Number, YY=Code)More information about the _@FNkey-command can be found here: http://home.highway.or.jp/digiyama/pc/pt110fnk.html (Thanks to Jason C. Patterson for the link)
Anyone has an idea what COMB, IRQCLEAR does or why someone
may use it? => EMail me please ;-)
4.5. The Japanese Windows 3.1J
On the HD supplied with the YDW-model there's a japanese Win3.1 - I'd say: forget it,
however you might have to copy some of the drivers to your win3.1 installation!
(At least I had to, for example the display drivers and some other, which can
also be found on one of the disks..)
4.6. TranXit (IR-Software for Windows)
Also on the HD. Can be started from non-japanese Win, however you cannot read
anything :) It's too complex and japanese for any serious usage for us
non-japanese I think...
4.7. EasyFax-Lite (Fax-Software for Windows)
Same as above. I suggest you to use e.g. WinFax-lite/light which is also freely
available. "Generic class2" as modem works well.
4.8. Other small programmes (inkdrv, lrgptr, ..)
The PC110's screen uses a Chips & Tech SVGA controller
chipset. Win95 will automatically detect this and install an
appropriate driver--you can switch from 640x480x16
(default resolution) to 640x480x256 in the Display control
panel.
Win95 will auto-detect an ESS488 AudioDrive sound
card, but it won't work. Remove the driver and install the
SoundBlaster driver. For Windows 3.1, use "SoundBlaster
1.5". Haven't gotten the FM music part working under 95
yet, but the rest of it works nicely.
Do not try to install either the PC-DOS PCMCIA drivers
or the Win95 32-bit drivers. Life gets very complicated,
and the only power management feature you lose is hard
drive spindown. I'm still experimenting with this. More
news as it happens.
The internal modem autodetects as a "Standard Modem"
and supports data at 2400bps, fax at 9600bps. Works great
with both Microsoft Fax and dialup networking, even if it is
a bit slow.
Haven't figured out how to tell Windows to use the JP
keyboard layout, so touch typists will have an advantage
with some of the symbol keys.
X-windows (XFree86) was very easy to configure. I linked /var/X11R6/bin/X
to /usr/X11/bin/XF86_SVGA, and copied /usr/X11/lib/X11/XF86Config.eg to
/etc/XF86Config, with some minor changes: uncomment the four FontPath
entries and Emulate3Buttons, replace "Microsoft" and "/dev/mouse" with
"PS/2" and "/dev/psaux", and add
Chipset "ct65530"
VideoRam 512
to the generic svga device entry. (The actual chip is a 65535, which
XFree86 doesn't know about, anyone know what it adds to the 65530?)
Works like a charm.
It's also possible to use 800x600x256 on an external (multisync) monitor
with linux, just have a look at the mode-entries and modedb-file!
Start "pw101.exe a:" with a formatted disk in drive A: and answer "Y" twice. Then enter the pin-number of your Personaware software. This is not the No. found on the disk, it's the small number on the right(!) bottom(!) of the license card. Then it will unpack to your floppy. Begin the update with "updatepw c:\pw" (or where you have your Personaware-software installed). On the disk still exists a directory "metpml" now. "updatepw" won't install this (don't know why), so you have to do it by hand. Look at the metpml.txt file how to install these files.
Some things seem to be better, however, I dislike one fact: In the new version the application saves the path of the default-file in the .ini-file! (old: "DataFileName=DEFAULT.ADD" - new: "DataFileName=c:\pw\data\default.add" This is extremely bad if you want to use Personaware when booting off the flash _and_ booting off the HD, 'cause the flash drive is C: in the first case and D: in the second! Maybe a "subst d: c:" in the autoexec.bat of the flash-drive would do the job...)
BTW: There exist also some c-sources and includes from Personaware:
http://www.ibm.co.jp/pc/software/pwsrc.html
5.7. change / remove the password
From: belgard@umunhum.stanford.edu (Rich Belgard)
To change a password on the IBM PC110
At the password prompt, type the password, a space, the new password,
another space, the new password again, then Enter.
To remove a password on the IBM PC110
At the password prompt, type the password, then a space, then Enter.
5.8. upgrade the internal modem
A post from Adam Lambert to the PC110-mailing-list
(Fri, 13 Feb 98)
I will try and write up some directions this weekend. Until then, here are a couple hints I sent to another list member, in case anyone can't wait....(Actually, I'm convinced that the instructions are close to useless. They over-simplify things greatly. )
There are no special instructions (like, for instance, dip switch changes or new wiring) required to install it. If you can disassemble the pc110 enough to remove the current modem, you can replace it with the new one and go. (except for one PS2 _@cmos command, which is in ledgible english in the manual)... but, the hard part is disassembling the pc110... figuring out that took quite a while.. essentially it took us more than 2-1/2 hours to disassemble the pc110... less than 1 hour to put it back together once I knew what to expect... there are many seriously thin ribbon cables, and many little tiny plastic tabs which keep the housing together. and a lot of screws ;-) (I have two extra, and I have no idea where they came from ;-) )
There are four ribbon cables which connect the keyboard to the motherboard in the front; be careful with those... be VERY careful with the right-side mouse bottons.. there are a couple layers of plastic film stuck via adhesive to the aluminium frame.. make sure to remove the LOWEST piece.. it seems like there is an extra stick-em-to-it level, but there isn't... this will make more sense when you get to that point (ie, trying to remove the keyboard) Anyway, the mouse buttons are connected to the motherboard via, yup, you guessed it, another tiny ribbon cable. Make sure to disconnect the front four from their latches, and make sure the mouse buttons are unattached from the frame before attempting to raise the keyboard up.
No matter what, make sure to allocate yourself a good block of time, and do NOT rush. I've been fixing and upgrading computers since 1982, but this little guy is not like any other computer I've had apart. But then again, you already knew that ;-)
(PS -the modem does not come with a reference manual - there is no reference for it's extended command set.. I have been trying for a couple hours different initialization commands - too many permutations to to try randomly! - but I am getting hints from other IBM-type modems... anyway, its a pain to get a v34, ARQ, v42bis,LAPM connection, but I think I've got it working now.. will test it on my trip this weekend)
And a special hint from Daniel Basterfield:
If you presswhilst in EasySetup Test page, you'll get a little jingle, then some extra test options that allow you to repetitively test (for intermittent problems).
Addendum '98: Though I installed the Win95-32bit-PCMCIA-driver, still no luck with
the Win95-version of the Nogatech Software. The TV-window remains white, regardless which
gfx-card-configuration in the .INI-file I use...
6.5. Several problems, questions and answers to an installation of Win95
There are thousands of ... at least if you have a SCSI-card like me. If not,
there are only some hundreds :-)
Some installation notes: (Thanks to David Eckert (Eckert@m2.people.or.jp)
for posting to the mailing-list)
Soft Name: Option Diskette for IBM Smart PC Card Drive ver 1.02
File name: SMARTPC.LZH
Maker: IBM Japan Corporation
Prepararion Method:
1.Decompress the file using LHA
>LHA E SMARTPC (Enter)
2.Prepare the disk you want to use as the Option Diskette
-Use a formatted 1.44MB disk [i.e. put it in the floppy drive]
>SMARTPC A: (Enter)
Distribution Conditons:[blah blah, same as usual-no selling no modifying, etc.]
============================================
File Introduction
The following programs have been modified. The "A:\OPTION" [A:/OPTION if
running English DOS] directory means the Option Diskette [i.e. make sure
that disk is in the drive, not Q-bert or Monkey Island or something;)].
A:\OPTION Directory
SMARTPC.SYS-IR communication function setup driver
PCs that contain certain motherboards experience a system hang [due to the
IR port? old version of this program? it's not clear]. Use this file in
your CONFIG.SYS to solve the problem.
A:\OPTION\TYPE1\ Directory
CMD.COM-Self diagnostic Test Code A
DIAGS.COM-Self Diagnostic Test Code B
JP0IR.DGS-IR communications function Test Code
JP0KING.DGS-PCMIA function Test Code
Execute these files to solve the system hang problem PCs with certain motherboards have.
The following programs have been added. [be sure to use the right disk]
A:\OPTION Directory
KING4W95.INF-Orientation file for the Socket Service Driver for Win95
KING4W95.VXD-Socket Service Driver for Win95
README.W95-Information about the orientation and program setup
And here's another installation review from Darryl Strickland (Darryl.Strickland@medcath.com):
Here's what I did to get it working. 1. Enabled PCIC controller with the PS2 program. 2. Downloaded the SMARTPC.LZH file from Web site 3. Expanded SMARTPC.LZH with LHA tool. 4. Run: SMARTPC A: with formatted floppy in Drive A: 5. Answer 'Y' and Enter at every garbled prompt. 6. The SMARTPC software will burn on the floppy. 7. Run: Win95 8. Control Panel -> Add Hardware 9. Select PCMCIA Services 10. Click have Disk 11. Load the KING4W95.inf file from the Options Directory. 12. Complete SMARTPC install and install PCCARD 32-bit support. 13. Reboot and it's ready. Now you have full pccard services under Win95. The bottom slot is still controlled by the BIOS. But the top slot is fully functional for modems, flash, cflash, scsi cards, and Etc. It's Great!!!!
If you want to make your PC110 behave like IBM's other Thinkpads and
switch power off automatically its easy to accomplish.
Go into Japanese DOS (from Personaware for instance)
type PS2 _@CMOS
then check on the bottom line in position 9 (its F9 to be exact) - if
there is a 10 you don't have it turned on.
To turn it on type: PS2 _@CMOS F9H=11H
that will do the trick.
Now Windows 95 will turn the power of the PC110 off when it exits.
I've discovered how I could use the PCCD3V switch with the PS2 program on the PC110. I've got a 20mb Sundisk flash ram card which uses a combination of 12 and 5 volts. With the default PS2 settings my PC110 hangs with the flash ram card installed. After I issued the 'PS2 PCCD3V DISABLE' my flash ram card worked!
I've sent this fix to another user and they reported that it worked for them
as well but it seemed to disable their suspend mode. Only after the
re-enabled the PCCD3V could they get their PC110 to go into suspend.
6.8. What do the error codes mean after booting?
From: Daniel Basterfield (redfive@ibm.net)
Here's what the FRU line would mean if this was a standard ThinkPad: First, divide the 4-digit code into two two-digit codes. First pair is the first item to try, second pair is the second item. Code FRU 00 no action required 10 System board 11 Processor card 15 Audio card 20 Memory 30 'reserved' 32 External keyboard 33 External mouse 40 LCD assembly (whole lid usually) 45 External display 50 Floppy drive 1 (reseat/reconnect, then replace if necessary) 51 Floppy drive 2 (reseat/reconnect, then replace if necessary) * 60 Hard drive 1 61 Hard drive 2 70 PCMCIA on port replicator * 80 Cellular modem * 81 Internal modem 90 'reserved' Those I've marked with an asterisk (*) are not relevant to the PC110 - if you get one of these, ignore it and try the other code of the pair.
... all people mentionned in the FAQ for their contributions to it, their web pages, their mails and their software.
... and especially to:
ba2257@fen.baynet.de (Marcus Goepfert) - He corrected my english (FAQ v1.30). I haven't thought I would have made soooo much mistakes, but I have to say I wrote the FAQ not very carefully... :) I hope I made less mistakes in the v1.40's addendums ;-)
.. and of course to IBM, Global Support and T-Zone - I wouldn't have this nice little
machine without them ;-)
7.3. How to contact the author
Feel free to enhance this FAQ, ask questions or correct my english :)
... per EMail: ns103@fen.baynet.de
... or better: starli@tirol.com
... per FAX: +43-676-3038643
... my homepage: http://home.pages.de/~starli/
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