I believe this is the manual that has been discussed on the list. A copy came with my system. No copyrights on it, and only 9-1/2 pages of information, not much for the $95 to $110 that is being asked for it.
As you can see, it is not particularly informative.
Originally I had the page numbers here too, but the break the flow too much. If you want to see where they are, view the source - they're in the comments.
Enjoy
-FR-
Welcome to the IBM Palmtop PC110 English Manual. The aim of this manual is to provide you with the essential information you will need in order to operate the PC110. The instructions herein will sometimes refer to the Japanese manual that came with the computer, particularly in reference to pictures. The Japanese manual is the booklet that has a greenish-patterened cover, and it contains six sections plus an appensix. About half of the Japanese manual deals with a proprietary Japanese operating system designed exclusively for the PC110, called Personaware. Unfortunately, the OS is all in Japanese and is therefore beyond the scope of this English manual. You can actually take a peek at Personaware by booting your PC110 without any PC Card Hard Disk Drive inserted.
Important! Power Supply
The PC110 ships with an AC Adapter which takes 100V at AC 50/60Hz, and a small step-down transformer (input 115V, output 110V). We strongly
recommend that you use the adapter in conjunction with the transformer. We ourselves have
successfully used the PC110 for a number of months in the USA without using a transformer,
but we would like to make it clear that if you choose to do likewise, you do so at your
own risk. The adapter has a tolerance of about 15-20% which means it may be able to take a
110V or 115V source. A Japanese plug is like an American plug except it has no third
"earth" prong, and fits an American socket. We recommend that you purchase a
small adapter which can provide the third "earth" prong.
Knowing Your Computer
Please turn to page 1-2 of the Japanese manual. The page shows an annotated picture of the
PC110, and its parts. Most of it is self-explanatory, but to clarify: 15 is the pointing
head mouse device. 3 is the left mouse button, 4 is the right mouse button. 12 is the
speaker.
11 is the LCD panel. 10 is the cover latch. Turning to page 1-3, we can see the power switch (1), the two PC Card slots (2), the pico/mini Flash memory slot (4) and the battery slot cover (6). Page 1-4 shows the BIOS battery slot (2), the AC adapter connection (3), audio headset jack (4), keyboard/mouse connector jack (5), and the two-way infrared communications port (6). At the bottom of page 1-4, we can see the cover for the interface between the PC110 and its port replicator (docking station).
Page 1-5 shows the port replicator/docking station (optional with Basic Model). 1 is the serial port, 2 is the parallel port and 3 is the external monitor port. 7 is the button which releases the PC110 from the replicator after it has been connected and 9 is the FDD connector.
Turning on the PC110
Insert the battery that came with the PC110 as shown in page 1-8 and 1-9 of the Japanese
manual. Insert the transformer into your electrical socket. Plug the adapter into the
transformer and into the PC110 as shown on page 1-10 of the Japanese manual. Open the
cover as on page 1-11. Turn the power on as on page 1-12.
Suspend/Resume, Screen Brightness/Contrast, Speaker Volume
To enter suspend mode, you can do one of two things: either press the Function (Fn) key
simultaneously with the F4 key (Fn+F4>, or close the cover. If the PC110 is in suspend
mode with the cover still open, you can resume by pressing Fn. Otherwise, you can resume
by opening the cover. During suspend modem, everything is turned off except the CPU and
RAM. To illustrate the benefits and application of the suspend/resume capability, let us
take an example. Suppose you are on the subway and you are typing a letter on your
word-processing application. Your stop is the next stop but you didn't realize this until
thirty seconds before the train stops. You have no time to save to your hard disk so
immediately, you quit
typing your letter and you close the cover. You put the PC110 into your briefcase, pocket, or (optional) carrying case and get off the train. Half an hour later, you stop at a coffee shop, take out your PC110, and open the cover. Five seconds later, ou are ready to continue typing from the word or comma you stopped at on the subway. The point is that so long as you don't run out of battery power, everything you had at the point at which you entered suspend mode, is retained in RAM. If your PC110 is connected to AC power during suspend mode, then the battery recharges.
To make the screen brighter, press Fn+Home. To make it darker, use Fn+End. To create more contrast, use FN+Ins; to get less contrast, press Fn_+Del. You will find that the screen needs adjusting from time to time as the DSTN panel warms up.
To increase the volume of the built-in speaker, press Fn+PnUp; to reduce the volume, press Fn+PnDn.
Pointing Head Device
This device is suitable for both left- and right-handed people, since there are four mouse
buttons, two on the left and two on the right. A comfortable and convenient way to hold
the PC110 is shown on page 1-22. We recommend that you set the speed at which the pointer
moves to "Slow" (in My Computer -> Control Panel > Mouse > Motion tab).
Also, you may find it helpful to nominate "Show pointer trails" in the same tab.
Resetting the Computer
Ctrl+Alt+Del will reset the system.
Intrared Communications Device
The IrDA-compliant infrared port can send and receive data at distances of up to 1 meter.
However, 30cm is the ideal distance. Page 1-33 shows a typical situation. In order for the
port to work successfully,
both computers involved need to run the same IR communications software with the same
settings. If you are having problems, try changing the speed at which data is transferred
to a lower setting. Be sure to avoid placing the computers near other IR emitters,
including TVs, CD players, headsets, remote controls, VCRs, lights, heaters, and sunlight.
Battery Hot-Swapping
If your Lithium-ion battery is nearly empty and you have a fully-charged spare battery
available, then you can hot-swap the batteries without having to switch off and reboot the
computer. This is possible because inside the PC110, there is a hidden internal battery,
which, when fully charged, maintains the suspend state for about 1 minute. Thus, you have
a maximum of 1 minute within which to swap the
batteries! If the internal battery is not fully charged, the time will be less. The
internal battery takes 4 hours to recharge and starts recharging any time the PC110 is
connected to AC power, even when the computer is being used.
Battery - Further Information
As mentioned earlier, when the PC110 is in suspend mode and the AC power is connected, the
Lithium ion battery recharges. When this is happening, the LCD panel displays a graphic of
a arrow pointing to a graphic of a battery. To the left of the battery graphic, is a
number indicating the percentage recharged so far. When this counter reaches 100%, the
arrow disappears and the battery stops recharging automatically so there is no need to
remove the AC power supply. whenever the AC power is connected, the PC110 is always
powered by the AC supply and not the battery. Recharge time is 2.5 hours but if the
temperature is below 50 degress Fahrenheit recharging will occur more slowly and the arrow
will flash. When the battery is old, it may not be able to recharge to 100%. Instead, you
may consistently see it reach the 70 or 80% mark and then stop recharging. If this occurs,
then it is time to buy a new battery.
The official battery life is quoted by IBM as 1.3 to 3 hours. Factors that can affect the time include temperature, how frequently the HDD is accessed and how much the IR port is used, etc. We find the lower figure to be something of an underestimate having consistently got 2 hours plus from our PC110s. Both Panasonic and Sony make the same battery, only their versions hold a greater charge than the IBM battery and therefore last longer. There are several strategies you can use to maximise battery life: One, lower the screen brightness using Fn+End. Two, change your screen setup in Windows so that the background is black and text is white or yellow. Three, avoid using a fax modem as much as possible. If you find after a few months that you don't seem to be getting as much life out of the battery as you used to, it may be time to buy a new one. The Lithium ion cell has a life of 2 years, although the battery which shipped with your PC110 may have a shorter life because of the time spent in the warehouse prior to sale.
We have found that the battery can last four or more days in standby (suspend) mode. Please note that in the case where the PC110 is completely switched off (and no AC source is connected) then the battery will still lose its power, usually within about three weeks. Also, the battery can leak if it is left in the computer for long periods (2-3 months plus). This can adversely affect the way it recharges in the future so please be sure to remove the battery if you are not going to use the PC110 for a long time.
The battery can operate in temperatures between 40 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit, but between 50 and 85 is best.
When the LCD panel indicates that there is only 20% battery left, you will hear a
warning beep. When this figure reaches 10% you will hear a more urgent warning beep. At
this point, the battery is almost empty and you may only have a couple of minutes of
battery life left.
You should save your work immediately at this point, else you risk losing your
data! At 5%, the PC110 will enter suspend mode. At 0% the PC110 will switch off.
Connecting AC power at any time before the 0% point is recommended.
PC Card Slots
There are two Type II PC Card slots, located on the left side of the PC110, as shown on
page 4-13 of the Japanese manual. If you are using a Type III PC Card Hard Disk Drive, you
will notice that there are no remaining slots! Thus, you cannot use another PC Card (such
as a modem) while the HDD is connected. There are three solutions to this problem. The
first is to use a PC Card adapter which converts a Type II slot into a Type III slot. You
plug the HDD into the adapter and the adapter into one of the slots. The drawback is that
the HDD sticks out the side of the PC. The second solution is to use a Type II PC Card
Flash Memory Card as your bootable drive. They currently come up to 85MB. The third
solution is to use a Mini Flash RAM Card as your bootable drive. The Mini Flash slot is on
the right side of the PC110 and is shown on page 4-15 and is discussed in the next
section.
Mini Flash Memory Slot
These memory cards come in 4MB, 10MB, and 15MB grades. Before inserting a card into a
slot, be sure to turn off power first, or you may erase the data it holds. Before removing
a card from the slot, be sure to switch off the power again, or you may damage the card.
When removing the card, a screwdriver may be used to lift open the flap to the slot, as
shown on page 4-15.
Changing the BIOS Battery
The BIOS Battery contains important system information such as date and time and may be
changed as shown on pages 4-17 and 4-18. Before taking out the old BIOS battery, the AC
power should be disconnected and the Lithium ion battery should be removed. After
replacing the BIOS battery, you may need to re-register the time and date. You can do this from Easy Setup (described below).
Port Replicator (Docking Station)
To connect the PC110 to the port replicator (optional for Basic Model), disconnect the AC
power and open the interface cover as shown on page 4-19. Put the PC110 in place (you will
hear a clicking sound) and plug in the AC power, as shown on pages 4-20 and 4-21. To
remove the PC110, follow the sequence on page 4-21: disconnect the AC power and push the
blue release button while lifting the PC110. Don't forget to close the interface cover on
the bottom of the PC110.
Pages 4-22, 4-23, 4-29, and 4-30 show you how to connect a printer, external monitor and floppy disk drive to the replicator. In all cases be careful not to touch the connector pins of the replicator. In the case of the printer, you should turn off the power before connecting. In the case of the external monitor and FDD, you should either switch off the power or enter suspend mode.
Easy Setup
Easy Setup is a piece of software that resides in ROM (and which therefore cannot be
erased) that allows the user to configure his PC110 as he wishes. A graphical user
interface is provided and the user can even use the mouse to select options. To access
Easy Setup, switch off the PC110. Then, while pressing the F1 key, switch on the power.
Keep pressing F1 (for a few seconds) until you are greeted with the Easy Setup main menu
as shown on page 4-37 of the Japanese manual. Apart from using the mouse to navigate, you
can also use the arrow keys, Enter to make a selection, and Esc to escape the current
menu. The settings you select will remain good until the next time you change them. You
will see that in the main menu there are five options plus the Restart option. The Restart
option is used to implement all the settings you have made, and takes you out of Easy
Setup. On pages 4-38 and 4-39 you can see a summary of the five main options, Config,
Date/Time, Password, Startup and Test.
Pages 4-42 through 4-64 show all of the menus. Most of the menus and their options are fairly self-explanatory, so we will only mention the most important points here.
In Config, the Keyboard option allows you to set the keyboard repeat speed and to specify whether to disable the pointing head mouse. Use the space bar to make a selection. The Serial option allows you to specify the port address for the IR port, serial port, PC Cards and internal modem (not available). You can only use any two of these at once and you cannot use the serial and IR port at the same time. Use the same bar to make a selection. The Initialize option allows you to go back to the default settings in Config.
Password allows you to set up a password prompt when you switch on the PC110 or when you want to exit suspend mode. If you forget your password IBM (Japan) will have to be consulted!
Startup is an important option which allows you to specify the drive priority at boot-up time, of up to four drives. Use the same bar to make a selection. HDD-1 refers to the internal 4MB Flash RAM Drive and HDD-2 refers to a Smart Pico Flash Drive (if you have one). If you make a mistake in nominating the drives, you can always select Reset.
System Test is a diagnostic tool which can be used to highlight any problems with the system. It runs through the components of the system one by one and takes some time to perform. A cross mark (X) indicates a problem (page 6-13 shows an example). If you see a cross mark, write down the error code. Only IBM (Japan) will know how to solve the problem!
PS2 System Management Software
PS2.EXE is an executable file which allows the user to control various system settings. It
resides in the 4MB Flash RAM Drive, although it can be moved elsewhere. Do not erase the
PS2 program - it is important and useful functions like suspend/resume may not work
properly without it! Pages 4-74 through 4-77 give the syntax of the commands used to
activate PS2, along with an example of each
command. Page A-29 contains a neat table summarizing the commands. We recommend that you create a directory called PS2 and move the PS2 executable file there. Then, to use PS2, just go to the PS2 directory and enter the PS2 command from the DOS prompt. We will discuss the more useful PS2 commands below.
PS2 POwer defines how long in minutes the computer waits before automatically entering
suspend mode. If you enter PS2 PO 99 for example, the computer will suspend
99 minutes after you stop touching the keyboard. Pressing Fn will resume the computer.
PS2 LCd is similar to PS2 POwer except that it only de-activates the display. Useful for saving battery life. Pressing any key will resume the display.
PS2 SPeed allows you to change the clock speed of the CPU in order to save battery
life. For example, entering: PS2 PM L as shown in the example on page 4-74
will set the clock speed at 8MHz. High is 33MHz and Medium is 15MHz.
PS2 Cover switch allows you to choose whether to enable or disable suspend mode upon closing the cover.
PS2 ON allows you to redefine the time and date held in BIOS.
PS2 VEXPansion allows you to expand the boundaries of the screen memory to fill the whole display.
PS2 IRQAUdio allows you to specify the DMA channel.
PS2 IR, PS2 SErial, and PS2 PMODEM allow you to specify the port setting channels.
PS2 OFF suspends the system.
PS2 CLick allows you to turn on or off the keyboard click sound.
Numeric Keypad Facility
You can use the keyboard as a numeric keypad by pressing Shift+NumLock. The key layout is
shown on page A-18. While in this mode, if you press Shift while pressing the keys in the
numeric keypad, the keys will change their function as shown in the lower picture on page
A-18. Pressing Shift+NumLock again takes you back into normal keyboard mode.
End of manual
PS2 C
E to Enable the Cover switch, and PS2 C D to Disable
the Cover switch. PS2 Commands |
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| Command | Options | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| PMode | High Medium Low | Power Mode? |
| POwer | XX minutes (0-99) | Idle time to auto-suspend (0-99 min) |
| LCd | XX minutes | Idle time to screen off (0-17 min) |
| SPeed | Fast Medium Slow | CPU at 33MHz 15MHz 6MHz |
| DEFAULT | Reset to defaults | |
| Cover | Enable Disable | Should the 110 suspend when the cover closes? |
| ON | (at yyyy-MM-DD) HH:mm:ss Clear | System auto-start at time/date, or clear alarm |
| RI | Enable Disable | |
| SCreen | LCD CRT | Use external monitor or internal |
| VEXPansion | ON OFF | Stretch display to fill screen? |
| IRQAudio | 5 10 Disable | IRQ for the SoundBlaster |
| DMAAudui | 1 3 | DMA for the SoundBlaster |
| IRQINKing | 5 10 Disable | IRQ for the digitizing tablet |
| ADDINKing | 15E0 25E0 35E0 | I/O Address for the digitizing tablet |
| IR | 1 2 Disable | Port for InfraRed (COM1:, COM2:, or none) |
| SErial | 1 2 Disable | Port for serial connection (COM1:, COM2:, or none) |
| IMODEM | 1 2 Disable | Port for internal modem (COM1:, COM2:, or none) |
| PMODEM | 1 2 Disable | Port for PCMCIA modem/serial port (COM1:, COM2:, or none) |
| OFF | Turns off (actually suspends) the PC110 | |
| CLick | ON OFF | Keyboard click noises |
Most of these, such as the port addresses, can also be set by menu options in the Easy Setup in the BIOS. There are also some undocumented PS2 commands, here for your convenience. This table is different from the one above, in that some commands require the entire string regardless of casing. You must use at least the bold portions.
Hidden PS2 Commands |
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| Command | Options | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| _@Keyboard Speed | Med Fast | Adjust typematic rate on keyboard |
| _@Keyboard Response | Normal Long | Adjust typematic delay on keyboard |
| _@BATTery | Standard Other | Charge to the IBM Battery or a more powerful non-IBM |
| _@STATus | Auto Time Battery | Show Time, Battery charge, or alternate both on the LCD status panel |
| _@OFF | Turns PC110 off (as opposed to OFF, which suspends it) | |
| _@LPT | BI UNI ECP EPP | Set parallel (printer) port to Bi-Directional, Uni-Directional, or faster extended port types. |
| _@REVision | List BIOS revisions |