Summary of the content on the page No. 1
EPSON ActionNote 900 Series
1MB DRAM supports resolutions up to
Front View Video RAM
640 X 480 in 256 colors on LCD and up to
1024 X 768 in 256 colors or 800 x 600 in
64K colors on external monitor
16KB internal write-back cache;
Cache
256KB external; both can be enabled/
disabled in Setup
Clock/calendar Real-time clock, calendar, and CMOS
RAM; backed up by internal battery
Controllers
Chips and Technology® 65545 video
Video
controller; 32-bit local bus interface to
the microprocessor; supports
Summary of the content on the page No. 2
EPSON ActionNote 900 Series Mass Storage Interfaces One removable internal IDE hard disk Auto-sensing, 15-pin, D-sub, female Hard disk drive External VGA drive, 2.5-inch form factor; maximum connector for analog monitor; supports height 19 mm; BIOS automatically simultaneous display with LCD using recognizes and configures drives that Fn F10 hot-key sequence or software support IDE or EIDE interface; command parameters for the supported drives are Parallel Centronics® compatible; 25-pin, as foll
Summary of the content on the page No. 3
EPSON ActionNote 900 Series Power Sources Infrared Specifications AC Power Adapters Specification Operating TM Compatibility IrDA -compliant COM COM1 COM2 (default) Operating Range 30° radius Operating Distance 3.3 ft (1m) Speed Up to 115.2 Kbps LED Panel Name Meaning con Power Green-Computer is on \ ’ , Flashing green-Very low battery; system is about lo power down 9: Suspend Green-Standby mode; press any key to return to full power Rechargeable 12 Volt NiMH battery; Battery Flashing green-Susp
Summary of the content on the page No. 4
EPSON ActionNote 900 Series Optional Equipment Major Subassemblies I 4 MB, 8MB or 16MB snap-in memory expansion module LED panel audio/LED I 1.2 GB user-removable hard disk drive card under panel memory module I Additional NiMH batteries I Extra AC adapter or international AC adapter I Adapter for an automobile cigarette lighter I External battery charger I External keyboard I External numeric keypad I PCMCIA Type I, II, and III cards including flash RAM, SRAM, modem, fax/modem, LAN, and hard dr
Summary of the content on the page No. 5
EPSON ActionNote 900 Series System board components Serial port connector (J2) Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 Carder Detect 4 Data Terminal 7 Request to Send Ready 2 Receive Data 5 Signal Ground 8 Clear to Send 3 Transmit Data 6 Data Set Ready 9 Ring indicator VGA connectorfor an external monitor (J3) Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 Red 6 Ground 11 NC 7 Ground 12 NC 2 Green 3 Blue 8 Ground 13 Horizontal Sync 9 NC 14 Vertical Sync 4 NC 5 Ground 10 Ground 15 NC Power converter board connect
Summary of the content on the page No. 6
EPSON ActionNote 900 Series External keyboard/mouse connector (J7) HDD IDE connector (J23) Pin Signal Signal Pin Signal Pin Pin No. Pin No. Signal Name Signal Name 1 AUX-DATA 3 GND 5 AUX-CLK 1 RESET DRV 21 GND 2 NC 4 +5 v 6 NC 2 GND 22 IOWR 3 IDE D7 23 GND Microphone connector (J8) 4 24 GND IORD Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 5 SD8 25 GND MICIN 1 AGND 3 BMIC 5 6 SD6 26 IOCHRDY + 2 MICIN 4 BMIC I 7 SD9 27 IRQ14 8 SD5 28 IOCS16 lrDA connector (J15) Pin No. Signal Signal Pin No. 1 TRIS 12 GND 2 G
Summary of the content on the page No. 7
EPSON ActionNote 900 Series 10/21/95 AN900-8
Summary of the content on the page No. 8
EPSON ActionNote 900 Series Main board connector to power converter (J17) Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 GND 7 DOCKON 13 VCC5 19 ADPR 2 GND 8 SUSHDD 14 VCC5 20 DOCK PR 3 GND 9 CLKOFF 15 VCC3 21 DOCK PR 4 GND 10 DOCKPLG 16 12V 22 DCCK PR 5 SWON 11 ADPTR 17 VCC3 6 GND 12 VCC5 18 CHAR ID Touchpad connector (J19) Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 MCLK 9 TBDIS 13 MCLK TBDIS 5 2 Z8PO0 6 NC 10 Z8PO0 14 NC 3 Z8PO1 7 GND 11 Z8PO1 15 GND 12 VCC5 18 4 VCC5 8 MDATA MDATA Internal
Summary of the content on the page No. 9
EPSON ActionNote 900 Series Port Replicator connector (J6) (continued) System Memory Map 00000H 640KB base memory 0A0000H 128KB reserved for graphics display area 0C0000H Reserved Hardware Interrupts 0D0000H Reserved 0E0000H 48KB for VGA BIOS 0EA000H Power Management Utility 0F0000H 64KB for system BIOS 100000H Extended memory FFE000H Duplicated code assignment at address 0F0000 FFFFFFH 1 DMA Assignments Channel Device CPU Configuration Information DMA0 Available DMA1 Sound Card Switch Descrip
Summary of the content on the page No. 10
EPSON ActionNote 900 Series Installation/Support Tips System I/O Address Map Using Low Battery Save to HDD and Instant On Hexadecimal Address Device DMA Controller 1 000-01F The ActionNote 900 series hard disk drive is partitioned at the factory so that these options can be used. A 26MB area 020-03F interrupt Controller is set aside for the saved data; this ensures that there is 040-05F Timer/Counter enough space for all memory configurations. 060-06F Keyboard Controller To prepare the hard dis
Summary of the content on the page No. 11
EPSON ActionNote 900 Series Information Reference List Engineering Change Notices None Technical Information Bulletins None Product Support Bulletins None Related Documentation 400521900 EPSON ActionNote 900 Series User’s Guide 400526900 About Your Software 400527000 Choosing Your Operating System PL-AN900S EPSON ActionNote 900 Series Parts Price List TM-AN900T EPSON ActionNote 900 Series Service Manual 10/21/95 AN900-12
Summary of the content on the page No. 12
EPSON ActionNote 900 Series AN900-13 10/21/95
