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    • Cool things for your T100X

    Review at the "Opera"

    ranjit@best.com (website http://moonmilk.volcano.org ) writes: Your readers might be interested in the OPERA web browser (http://opera.nta.no/) - it has almost all the features of Netscape 3.0 or Internet Explorer 3.0 including frames, cookies, and animated gifs (but no java), and was specifically designed to fit on small machines. I put a copy on my 4MB t100x along with Microsoft Winsock, and it works surprisingly well. Slow, certainly, but not nearly as bad as Netscape 2.0 or IE 3.0, which are both completely unusable with 4MB. Opera also takes up a LOT less space on the puny 40M HD: something like 1.5M compared to 5-7M for IE or Netscape. I've also tried Opera on a nice modern desktop Pentium machine, and it still beats Netscape and IE for speed and size.

    New Deal/GEOS

    Robert Housley writes: "On another note, do you know anyone who has set up either GEOS or NEW DEAL 97 to work on the T100x? I'm having some problems getting it to run. Would be willing to write up an article about it for posting to the web page.". Please contact him if you are interested.

    Vendors

  • Bob Canuel, (RCanuel@juno.com ) created a T100X parts list. Check it out.
  • 4MB upgrade from Transcend from distributor Essex 1-800-463-7739 ($75) from Peter Milford
  • New World Computers Direct - Computer Shopper ad says they have 14.4k Xjack modems for $30 - number is 800-747-6923. I don't know anything about the company. Try at your own risk. Thanks J. Able

    • Plugs

    http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/NewtNews/Other/mobile.tm.html

    Subject: Floppy cable for a generic floppy drive

    In the full support files section near the bottom there were three files (each with essentially the same information) describing the pinout of the proprietary Toshiba external floppy connector. In one of the files it basically describes how to build a cable to an external floppy. [see text attachment below].One would probably have to supply the power for the floppy drive externally as well, but that is trivial. I am assembling the materials now to experiment and will test the cable under various conditions when my t100x arrives. I'll keep you posted. --Nick <comanche@cyberstation.net>

    Are one of these pinouts, the magic pin out?

    DB-25 External Floppy Drive Port
    All laptops except T1100
    PIN Input/Output Signal

    1 I Drive Ready
    2 I Index
    3 I Track 0
    4 I Write Protect
    5 I Read Data
    6 I Disk Change (All Toshiba computers except T1000, T1100 Plus, T1200)
    7-9 not used
    10 O Drive Select
    11 O Motor On
    12 O Write Data
    13 O Write Gate
    14 O Low Density (All Toshiba computers except T1000, T1100 Plus, T1200)
    15 O Side Select
    16 O Direction
    17 O Step 18-25 Signal Ground (T1000 MUST have pins 24 and 25 grounded)
    Toshiba 5.25" 360KB External Floppy Drive DB-25 Connector
    PIN Input/Output Signal
    1 O Ready
    2 I Side Select
    3 O Read Data
    4 O Write Protect
    5 O Track 0
    6 I Write Gate
    7 I Write Data
    8 I Step
    9 I Direction
    10 I Drive Select
    11 I Motor On
    12 O Index
    13-25 Signal Ground
    IBM XT 360KB Floppy Drive 34 Pin Card Edge Connector
    PIN Input/Output Signal

    2,4,6 Unused
    8 O Index
    10 I Motor Enable A
    12 I Drive Select B
    14 I Drive Select A
    16 I Motor Enable B
    18 I Direction
    20 I Step Pulse
    22 I Write Data
    24 I Write Gate
    26 O Track 0
    28 O Write Protect
    30 O Read Data
    32 I Select Head 1
    34 Unused Odd Pins Signal Ground
    IBM AT 1.2MB Floppy Drive 34 Pin Card Edge Connector
    PIN Input/Output Signal

    2 I High / Low Density
    4 Reserved
    6 I Drive Select 4
    8 O Index
    10 I Drive Select 1
    12 I Drive Select 2
    14 I Drive Select 3
    16 I Motor On
    18 I Direction Select
    20 I Step
    22 I Write Data
    24 I Write Gate
    26 O Track 0
    28 O Write Protect
    30 O Read Data
    32 I Side Select
    34 O Disk Change / Ready
    Odd Pins Signal Ground
    IBM AT 360KB Floppy Drive 34 Pin Card Edge Connector
    PIN Input/Output Signal

    2 Reserved
    4 I In Use
    6 I Drive Select 4
    8 O Index
    10 I Drive Select 1
    12 I Drive Select 2
    14 I Drive Select 3
    16 I Motor On
    18 I Direction Select
    20 I Step
    22 I Write Data
    24 I Write Gate
    26 O Track 0
    28 O Write Protect
    30 O Read Data
    32 I Side Select
    34 O Reserved / Ready
    Odd Pins Signal Ground
    Toshiba Laptops to IBM Floppy Drive
    Toshiba Male DB-25 to 34 pin
    IBM-style Card Edge connector (shielded)

    360KB/720KB Floppy Drive 1.2MB Drive
    (All except T1100) (All except T1000, T1100, T1100 Plus, T1200F/FB/H/HB)

    1 ---------- 33 & 34 Add
    2 ---------- 8 6 ---------- 34
    3 ---------- 26 14 -------- 2
    4 ---------- 28 Change
    5 ---------- 30 1 ---------- 33
    6-9 ------- not connected
    10 -------- 12
    11 -------- 16
    12 -------- 22
    13 -------- 24
    14 -------- not connected
    15 -------- 32
    16 -------- 18
    17 -------- 20
    18 -------- 19
    19 -------- 21
    20 -------- 23
    21 -------- 25
    22 -------- 27
    23 -------- 29
    24 -------- 31
    25 -------- 17
    Toshiba Laptops to Toshiba Ext. FDD or Toshiba PC Floppy Link (Except T1100)
    (Toshiba PC Floppy Link has 2 position INT/EXT switch)
    (Toshiba cable)
    Male DB-25 to Male DB-25 (shielded)
    1 ---------- 1
    2 ---------- 12
    3 ---------- 5
    4 ---------- 4
    5 ---------- 3
    10 -------- 10
    11 -------- 11
    12 -------- 7
    13 -------- 6
    15 -------- 2
    16 -------- 9
    17 -------- 8
    18 -------- 21
    19 -------- 14
    20 -------- 25
    21 -------- 18
    23 -------- 15,17,22,23,24
    24 -------- 20
    25 -------- 19
    Toshiba Laptops to Toshiba Universal Floppy Link (Toshiba cable)
    (Toshiba Universal Floppy Link has 3 position A, B, INT switch)
    Male DB-25 to Female DB-25 (shielded)
    All wires straight thru example 1 to 1, 2 to 2, 3 to 3 etc. 7-9 not connected

    Standard Centronics Compatible Parallel Port DB-25 (All TOSHIBA Portables)
    PIN Input/Output Signal

    1 O Strobe
    2 O Data 0
    3 O Data 1
    4 O Data 2
    5 O Data 3
    6 O Data 4
    7 O Data 5
    8 O Data 6
    9 O Data 7
    10 I Acknowledge
    11 I Busy
    12 I Paper End
    13 I Select
    14 O Auto Feed
    15 I Error (Fault)
    16 O Initialize Printer
    17 O Select Input
    18-25 Signal Ground

    Let's not all rush and call Toshiba

    Alex wrote: "...the T100X's doesn't come with any of the disks for the software that was preinstalled, however after I got my T100X, I called the Toshiba Tech Support Number and they sent me a set. The Tech Support Number is 1-800-999-4273 Toshiba sent me a complete set of Windows 3.1 Disks, Windows for Pen Disks and The Toshiba Utilities for Dynapad."

    I'd like to get a copy of these disks so I can make it down-loadable from here (or from your web site) for everybody. Let's not bombard Toshiba with phone calls. -Mark

    • Model: PA1089U P3A

      • Serial No: 01500046 R this is my serial number --- I already called

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