chapter

S PECIFICATIONS
This chapter provides physical and performance specifications for the following
standard components:

Computer
Displays
Hard drives
Diskette drive
CD-ROM drive
Battery packs
External power

The chapter also includes:

System interrupts
System DMA
System I/O address
System memory map

Specifications 6-1

6.1 Computer
Table 6-1
Computer Specifications
U.S.
Dimensions (CPU only)
Height
Depth
Width
Dimensions (CPU M35EU)
Height
Depth
Width
Dimensions ( M35EU only including tabs)
Height
Depth
Width
Weight (without M35EU)*
With 6 cell battery
Standalone (Battery) Power Requirements
Nominal Operating Voltage (Li-Ion)
Maximum Operating Power (CPU only)
Maximum Operating Power (CPU+M35EU)

Metric

1.1 in
9.3 in
11.8 in

3.1 cm
23.5 cm
30.0 cm

2.1 in
9.3 in
11.8 in

5.4 cm
23.6 cm
30.0 cm

0.9 in
9.3 in
11.8 in

2.3 cm
23.6 cm
30.0 cm

4.4 lbs.

2.0 kg

10.8 V
35.0 W
45.0 W

Integrated AC Power Requirements

Operating Voltage
100 to 240 VAC RMS
Operating Current
1.1 A RMS
Operating Frequency Range
47 to 63 Hz AC
Maximum Transient
4/50 kV
Temperature **
Operating
5 to95F
10 to 35C
Non-operating
-4 to 140F
-20 to 60C
Relative Humidity (non-condensing)
Operating
10 to 90%
Non-operating (tw = 38.7C max)
5 to 90%
Altitude
Operating
0 to 10,000 ft
0 to 3.15 km
Non-operating
0 to 30,000 ft
0 to 10.14 km
Shock
Operating
10 G, 11 ms, half sine
Non operating
240 G, 2 ms, half sine
Vibration
Operating
0.55 G, 0.25 Oct/Min sweep rate
Non-operating
1.5 G, 0.5 Oct/Min sweep rate
* Weight is for the computer with 6 cell battery pack and 12.1 inch display panel.
** Applicable product safety standards specify thermal limits for plastic surfaces. This

computer operates well within the temperature ranges specified.

6-2 Specifications

6.2 Displays
Table 6-2
12.1-Inch CTFT, SVGA Display
Dimensions
Height
Width
Number of Colors
Contrast Ratio
Pixel Resolution
Pitch
Format
Configuration
Backlight
Character Display

U.S.

Metric

7.24 in
9.7 in
64K
100:1 minimum

18.4 cm
24.6 cm

0.30 0.30 mm
800 600
RGB Stripe
Edge Lit
80 25

Table 6-3
13.3-Inch CTFT, XGA Display
Dimensions
Height
Width
Number of Colors
Contrast Ratio
Pixel Resolution
Pitch
Format
Configuration
Backlight
Character Display

U.S.

Metric

7.9 in
10.6 in
64K
100: 1 minimum

20.1 cm
26.9 cm

0.29 x 0.29 mm
1024 x 768
RGB Stripe
Edge Lit
80 25

Specifications 6-3

6.3 Hard Drives

Table 6-4
Hard Drive Specifications
Standard Model Configurations
Formatted Capacity per Drive
Logical
Drive Type
Drive Height
Without frame (mm)
With frame (mm)
Drive Size
Inches
Millimeters
Transfer Rate
Media (Mb/s)
Interface (Mb/s)
Sector Interleave
Typical Seek Time (Including setting)
Single Track (ms)
Average (ms)
Full Stroke (ms)
Disk Rotational Speed (RPM)
Physical Configuration
Cylinders
Data Heads
Sectors/Track
Bytes/Sector
Logical Configuration
Cylinders
Heads
Sectors per Track
Bytes per Sector
Buffer Size (kB)

6-4 Specifications

4-GB

6-GB

4,099,866,624
65

6,495,068,160
65

12.5
12.7

12.5
12.7

2.75 x 3.94
100.2 x 69.85

2.75 x 3.94
100.1 x 69.9

51.7 to 83.4
16.6
1:1

67.5 to 111.9
16.6
1:1

4
13 (READ)
23 (READ)
4009

3
13 (READ)
25 (READ)
4200

6975
6
114 to 240
512

8960
6
178 to 294
512

7944
16
63
512
512

13,424
15
63
512
512

6.4 Diskette Drive

Table 6-5
Diskette Drive Specifications
Diskette size
High density
Low density
Light
Height
Bytes per sector
Sectors per Track
High density
Low density
Tracks per Side
High density
Low density
Read/Write heads
Average Seek Times
Track-to-Track (high/low)
Average (high/low)
Settling Time
Latency Average

3.5-inch
1.44-MB/1.2-MB
720 KB
None
0.43-in (11 mm)
512
18 (1.44-MB)/15 (1.2-MB)
9
80 (1.44-MB)/80 (1.2-MB)
80
2
3 ms/6 ms
94 ms/174 ms
15 ms
100 ms

Specifications 6-5

6.5 Optical Disc Drive

Table 6-6
24X CD-ROM Specifications
Applicable Disc

Drive Size (cm)

Center Hole Diameter
Disc Diameter
Disc Thickness
Track Pitch
Laser
Beam Divergence
Output Power
Type
Wave Length
Access time
Random
Full Stroke
Audio output level
Line Out
Headphone
Cache buffer
Data transfer rate
Sustained, 24x
Sustained, single
Burst
Startup Time
Capacity
Mode 1, 12 cm
Mode 2, 12 cm
8 cm

6-6 Specifications

CD-ROM mode 1, mode 2

CD-Digital Audio
CD-XA mode 2 (Form 1, Form 2)
CD-I mode 2 (Form1, Form 2)
CD-I Ready
CD-Bridge
CD-WO (fixed/variable packets)
Photo CD (single/multisession)
1.27 x 12.8 x 12.9
15 mm
12 cm, 8 cm
1.2 mm
1.6 m
53.5 1.5 degrees
0.24 0.1 mw
Semiconductor Laser GaA1As
780 nm 25 nm at Ph-4.3 mW
<350 ms (150 ms typical)
<750 ms
0.8 Vrms
None
128 KB
3600 KB/sec (outer diameter)
150 KB/sec
8.3 MB/sec
<8 seconds typical
550 MB
640 MB
180 MB

6.6 External Power

The external battery charger charges the Li-Ion battery outside the computer. It may
also be used to charge spare batteries.

Table 6-7
External Battery Charger with AC Adapter
6-Cell
Power Supply (Input)
Nominal Voltage
Line frequency
Power Supply (Output)
Nominal Voltage
Power
Temperature
Operating
Nonoperating

90 to 264 VAC
47-63 Hz
+15.0 +/- 0.5 VDC
35 to 40 W
32 to 104F
-4 to 185F

Relative Humidity
Operating
Nonoperating

10% to 90%
10% to 95%

Table 6-8
Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) Battery Pack
Parameter

6 Cell

9 Cell

Open circuit voltage (Nominal):

Capacity:
Temperature:
Charge
Storage

10.8 V
38.4 Wh

10.8 V
48.6 Wh

10 C to 40 C (50 F to 104 F)
o
o
o
o
0 C to 50 C (32 F to 122 F)

Specifications 6-7

6.7 System Interrupts

Table 6-9
Hardware Interrupts
Hardware IRQ

System Function

IRQ0
IRQ1
IRQ2
IRQ3
IRQ4
IRQ5
IRQ6
IRQ7
IRQ8
IRQ9
IRQ10
IRQ11
IRQ12
IRQ13
IRQ14
IRQ15

Timer interrupt
Keyboard
Interrupt controller cascade
COM 2
COM 1
Audio
Diskette Drive controller
EPP Parallel
Real-Time Clock (MSIO)
PCI devices
Unused
Used by PCMCIA
Mouse
Floating point error input
Primary IDE interface
Secondary IDE interface

6.8 System DMA

Table 6-10
DMA Channels
Hardware DMA

System Function

DMA 0
DMA 1
DMA 2
DMA 3
DMA 4
DMA 5
DMA 6
DMA 7

Fast infrared or Audio controller

Audio controller
Diskette drive controller
EPP Parallel Port
Not assigned
Audio Controller
Not assigned
Not assigned

6-8 Specifications

6.9 System I/O Address

Table 6-11
System I/O (Port) Addresses
I/O Address (Hex)

System Function (Shipping Configuration)

000 - 00F
010 - 011
012 - 01F
020 - 021
022 - 024
025 - 03F
040 - 043
044 - 05F
060
061
062 - 063
064
065 - 06F
070
071
072 - 073
074
075
076
077 - 077F
080 - 08F
084 - 085
090 - 091
092
093 - 09F
0A0 - 0A1
0A2 - 0BF
0C0 - 0DF
0E0 - 0E1
0E2 - 0E5
0E6 - 0EF
0F0 - 0F1
0F9
0FA
0FB
0FC - 0FF
100 - 101
103 - 16F

Master DMA Controller # 1

Force Software SMI
Unused
Peripheral Interrupt Controller # 1
Chipset Configuration Registers
Unused
Counter/Timer Registers
Unused
Keyboard Data
Port B
Unused
Keyboard Command/Status
Unused
CMOS Index Address
CMOS Data
Unused
Reserved
Unused
Reserved
Unused
DMA Page Registers
POST Code Output Port
Unused
Fast Reset Register
Unused
Interrupt Controller # 2
Unused
DMA Controller # 2
ESS Audio Configuration
Configuration Registers
Unused
NCP Numerics Register
ESS Configuration Lock
Unused
ESS Configuration Unlock
Unused
Unused
Unused
Continued

Specifications 6-9

Table 6-9 Continued

I/O Address (Hex)

System Function (Shipping Configuration)

170 - 177
178 - 1EF
1F0 - 1F7
1F8 - 1FF
200 - 21F
220 - 22F
230 - 23F
240 - 24F
250 - 25F
260 - 277
278 - 27A
27B - 27F
280 - 2F7
2F8 - 2FF
300 - 36F
370 - 371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378 - 37A
37B - 37F
380 - 387
388 - 38B
38C - 3AF
3B0 - 3BB
3BC - 3BE
3BF
3C0 - 3CD
3D0 - 3DF
3F0 - 3F7
3F8 - 3FF
400 - 4CF
480 - 48F
4D0 - CF6
CF7
CF8 - CFB
CFC - CFF
D00 - FFF

Hard Drive Secondary Registers

Unused
Hard Drive Primary Registers
Unused
Unused
ESS Audio Registers (1st Possible) (Default)
ESS Audio Registers (2nd Possible)
ESS Audio Registers (3rd Possible)
ESS Audio Registers (4th Possible)
Unused
LPT2 and High Speed Parallel Port Registers
LPT2 High Speed Printer Port Registers
Unused
Serial Control Register COM2
Unused
Reserved
Diskette Digital Output Register
Unused
Reserved
Diskette Main Status/Data Registers
Reserved
Diskette Input/Control Registers
LPT1 and High Speed Parallel Port Registers
Unused
Unused
ESS FM Synthesizer
Unused
Unused
LPT3 and High Speed Parallel Port Registers
LPT1 High Speed Parallel Port Registers
Unused
Unused
Diskette Drive Controller Primary Registers
COM1 Serial Controller Registers
Unused
Extended DMS Registers
Unused
Configuration/NVM Data Register
PCI Configuration Index Register
PCI Configuration Index Register
Unused

6-10 Specifications

6.10 System Memory Map

Table 6-12
Memory Map
Size

Memory Address

System Function

640 K
128 K
48 K
160 K
64 K
15 M
58 M
58 M
2M
4G
64 K

00000000 - 0009FFFF
000A0000 - 000BFFFF
000C0000 - 000CBFFF
000C8000 - 000E7FFF
000E8000 - 000FFFFF
00100000 - 00FFFFFF
01000000 - 047FFFFF
04800000 - 07FFFFFF
08000000 - 080FFFFF
08200000 - FFFEFFFF
FFFF0000 - FFFFFFFF

Base Memory
Video Memory
Video BIOS
Unused
System BIOS
Extended Memory
Super Extended Memory
Unused
Video Memory (Direct Access)
Unused
System BIOS ("SHADOW")

Specifications 6-11

6-12 Specifications