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PC Cards The Notebook PC has two PC Card sockets designed to interface with two Type I or Type II cards, or stacked to accommodate one Type III card. It allows you to expand and customize your computer to meet a wide range of application needs. The PC Card standard accommodates a number of function, communication or data storage expansion options, such as Memory/Flash Cards, FAX/Modems, Hard Disks, and Networking Adapters. The Notebook PC fully supports PCMCIA 2.1, 32-bit CardBus, and Zoomed Video Port. The lower socket is #1 and the upper socket is #2. Socket 2 Socket 1 Socket 2 eject button Socket 1 eject button 32-bit CardBus & Zoomed Video Port The CardBus allows PC Cards and their hosts to use 32-bit bus mastering and operate at speeds of up to 33MHz, transferring data in burst modes comparable with PCI's 132MB per second. By comparison, the standard 16-bit PC Card bus can handle only 20MB per second. Since the Notebook PC is equipped with CardBus' broader, faster data pathway, it can handle bandwidth-hungry operations, such as 100Mbps Fast Ethernet, Fast SCSI peripherals, and ISDN-based video conferencing that are cutting-edge even for desktop systems. The CardBus peripherals support plug and play. The CardBus socket is backward-compatible with 16-bit PC Cards serving at 5 volts operation while CardBus operates at 3.3 volts to reduce power consumption. As part of the Notebook PC's advanced architecture, the Zoomed Video specification provides for full frame-rate video display channel for applications like MPEG decoders for movies and games, TV tuners, live video input, video capturing, and video conferencing. The ZV Port allows video data on a PC Card to be transferred directly into the VGA frame buffer, bypassing the CPU and PCI system bus. It can promise a high quality real-time full-motion video playback without holding back the CPU and system bus performance. Driver Support The supplied Windows 98 operating system comes already equipped with the drivers that allow your PC to recognize PC cards and provide PC Card service. However, new PC cards may need software driver upgrades. Please read the individual PC card documentation for information on driver support of specific operating systems. V. Using Notebook PC User's Manual 57

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Notebook PC User’s Manual
V. Using
32-bit CardBus & Zoomed Video Port
The CardBus allows PC Cards and their hosts to use 32-bit bus mastering and operate at speeds of up to 33MHz, transferring
data in burst modes comparable with PCI’s 132MB per second. By comparison, the standard 16-bit PC Card bus can handle
only 20MB per second. Since the Notebook PC is equipped with CardBus’ broader, faster data pathway, it can handle
bandwidth-hungry operations, such as 100Mbps Fast Ethernet, Fast SCSI peripherals, and ISDN-based video conferencing
that are cutting-edge even for desktop systems. The CardBus peripherals support plug and play.
The CardBus socket is backward-compatible with 16-bit PC Cards serving at 5 volts operation while CardBus operates
at 3.3 volts to reduce power consumption.
As part of the Notebook PC’s advanced architecture, the Zoomed Video specification provides for full frame-rate video
display channel for applications like MPEG decoders for movies and games, TV tuners, live video input, video captur-
ing, and video conferencing. The ZV Port allows video data on a PC Card to be transferred directly into the VGA frame
buffer, bypassing the CPU and PCI system bus. It can promise a high quality real-time full-motion video playback
without holding back the CPU and system bus performance.
Driver Support
The supplied Windows 98 operating system comes already equipped with the drivers that allow your PC to recognize
PC cards and provide PC Card service. However, new PC cards may need software driver upgrades. Please read the
individual PC card documentation for information on driver support of specific operating systems.
PC Cards
The Notebook PC has two PC Card sockets designed to interface with two Type I or Type II cards, or stacked to
accommodate one Type III card. It allows you to expand and customize your computer to meet a wide range of applica-
tion needs. The PC Card standard accommodates a number of function, communication or data storage expansion
options, such as Memory/Flash Cards, FAX/Modems, Hard Disks, and Networking Adapters. The Notebook PC fully
supports PCMCIA 2.1, 32-bit CardBus, and Zoomed Video Port. The lower socket is #1 and the upper socket is #2.
Socket 2 eject button
Socket 1 eject button
Socket 2
Socket 1