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EPSON ActionNote 900 Series

Infrared Specifications

Power Sources

Specification

Compatibility

COM

Operating

IrDA

TM

-compliant

COM1

COM2 (default)

AC 

Power Adapters

Operating Range

Operating Distance

Speed

30° 

radius

3.3 ft

(1m)

Up to 115.2 Kbps

LED Panel

con

Name

Meaning

   

Power

Green-Computer is on

Flashing green-Very low battery; system is

about lo power down

Suspend

Green-Standby mode; press any key to
return to full power
Flashing green-Suspend mode; press
Suspend/Resume button to return to full power

Charge

Orange-battery is 

charging normally

Green-battery is fully charged
Flashing orange-battery 

is not installed

correctly or is damaged

Diskette

Computer is accessing the diskette drive

drive

Hard disk

Computer is accessing the hard disk drive

drive

PCMCIA

PC 

card is inserted

Num Lock

Num Lock 

is on, which activates the

embedded numeric keypad

Caps

Caps Lock is on

Lock

Scroll

Lock

Scroll Lock is on

Battery

Rechargeable 12 Volt NiMH battery;
current regulation by thermistor; battery
life with power savings, 4-6 hours.

Caution

Use only the adapters and replacement batteries designed for
use with the ActionNote 900 series (lightweight AC adapter
A882051, international AC adapter A882101, auto adapter

A882241. and battery A882291).

Environmental Requirements

Non-operating

-4° to 140° F

(-20° to 60° C)

5% to 95%

Altitude

-200 

to 12,000 ft

(-67 to 4,000 

m)

-200 to 30,000 ft

(-67 

to 9,000 m)

Acoustical noise

I

35 

dB at 1 meter

(maximum)

N/A

I

Caution

When traveling by airplane, take the computer into the
passenger compartment to prevent it from being stored in an

unpressurized storage compartment. Avoid exposing the

computer to extreme changes in temperature.

Physical Dimensions

10/21/95

AN900-4

Summary of Contents for 900N

Page 1: ...controller 32 bit local bus interface to the microprocessor supports enhanced video modes on an external monitor supports resolutions from 640 X 480 in 256 colors on the LCD and up to 1024 X 768 in 256 colors on an external monitor automatic external monitor detection simultaneous display with LCD screen using Fn F10 command or software Built in super I O controller for one internal 3 5 inch diske...

Page 2: ... commands Built in touchpad pointing device with two buttons compatible with standard PS 2 mouse driver software can be disabled in Setup Knob adjusts sound volume of internal speaker and audio output Mass Storage Hard disk drive Diskette drive Setup Program Software LCD Screen One removable internal IDE hard disk drive 2 5 inch form factor maximum height 19 mm BIOS automatically recognizes and co...

Page 3: ...isk drive drive A cl PCMCIA PC card is inserted v 1 Num Lock Num Lock is on which activates the embedded numeric keypad A Caps Caps Lock is on Lock Scroll Lock Scroll Lock is on Battery Rechargeable 12 Volt NiMH battery current regulation by thermistor battery life with power savings 4 6 hours Caution Use only the adapters and replacement batteries designed for use with the ActionNote 900 series l...

Page 4: ...SRAM modem fax modem LAN and hard drive cards I ActionPort Replicator I Portable CD ROM player I Kensington MicroSaver Security Lock I Carrying cases System Board Components memory module LED panel audio LED card under panel L2 cache board IrDA transc er interface board Memory Module Installation The computer comes with 8MB of memory soldered on the system board It includes a single memory module ...

Page 5: ...er board connector 22 pin male J17 Connector Pin Assignments Parallel port connector J1 Pin No Signal Name Pin No Signal Name 1 NC 14 AUTO FEED XT 2 Do 15 ERROR A constant voltage from AC adapter 3 D1 16 INIT 4 D2 17 SLCT IN Power converter board connector 14 pin male J16 I I 5 D3 I 18 GND Pin No Signal Name Description 1 to 4 VA Constant voltage from AC adapter 5 CHGLED Output pin to drive the or...

Page 6: ... IRQ14 8 SD5 28 IOCS16 Pin No Signal Pin No Signal 1 TRIS 12 GND 2 GND 13 DSR2 3 PTS2 14 VCC5 4 VCC5 15 SPK 5 DCD2 16 MIC 6 SOUT2 17 SPK 7 DTR2 18 GND 17 SD14 37 VCC5 18 SD0 38 VCC5 19 SD15 I 39 I GND I 20 GND 40 VCC5 Memory module connector J10 Speaker connector J18 Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 GND 19 MA10 37 MD16 55 NC Pin 1 Signal 1 GND Pin I2 Signal 1 SPK I FDD connector J22 1...

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Page 8: ...Z8PO0 6 NC 10 Z8PO0 14 NC 3 Z8PO1 7 GND 11 Z8PO1 15 GND 4 VCC5 8 MDATA 12 VCC5 18 MDATA Internal keyboard connector J20 Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 P37 4 P34 7 Z8PO1 10 P31 2 P36 5 P33 8 GND 11 P30 3 P35 6 Z8PO0 9 P32 I Internal keyboard connector J21 Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 SPDSEL0 4 NC 7 SPDSEL2 10 TKA3B 2 DAC2 5 TURBO 8 MA10 11 RESVGA Daughterboard connec...

Page 9: ...QFP settings for 5x86 PGA 40MHz 33MHz 25MHz 4V 3 45V 3 3V System Memory Map 00000H 0A0000H 0C0000H 0D0000H 0E0000H 0EA000H 0F0000H 100000H FFE000H FFFFFFH 640KB base memory 128KB reserved for graphics display area Reserved Reserved 48KB for VGA BIOS Power Management Utility 64KB for system BIOS Extended memory Duplicated code assignment at address 0F0000 1 DMA Assignments Channel Device DMA0 Avail...

Page 10: ...the Low Battery Save to HDD or Instant On options you need to leave sufficient space on the disk unpartitioned The amount of space should equal the system memory plus 2MB After you run FDISK to partition the drive you need to run the PHDISK utility to configure the storage space on the drive In Windows 3 1 when the computer is turned on after using the Low Battery Save to HDD or Instant On options...

Page 11: ...lletins 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 ...

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