Just some notes on the damn thing:
Swapping the general battery clears the 'CMOS' memory. I surmise that
there is no seperate CMOS battery: I consider this a design flaw.
As with lots of IBM PC stuff of the era (since the PS/2?), there's a
'system partition' (or whatever they called it that week) that is
probably best preserved when swapping hdds (I'll be sure to make a
backup, just in case). The BIOS ('Phoenix FirstBIOS(tm)') setup is
reasonable, though: everything really important can be configured there
(or so it appears).
The lack of a serial port on the machine significantly limits its use
without a compatible docking station (I might try to get hold of one in
the future), or at least a PCMCIA serial port card.
The docking station connector's flaps don't appear to provide adequate
protection from the environment.
Again as (IIRC) common in the era it was produced, there are no flash
card ports, only {PCMCIA,CardBus}. Hence the wdc_pcmcia thread...
About the only documentation that I could find is the 'Hardware
Maintenance Manual'. I also have been able to track down a 'Service and
Troubleshooting Guide' and a 'Setup Guide'. E-mail me if you'd like
copies of any of these. I couldn't find a general luser manual, or
detailed specifications of the hardware (e.g. schematics).
There's what appears to be an extra port above the PCMCIA one, with a
female connector, but otherwise looking suspiciously similar, which I
haven't seen described (seperately) anywhere. I don't believe this is
for CardBus (though I could be wrong) -- for 2.5" hdds, maybe? If so, I
wonder if it supports hot-swapping...
--schaafuit.
