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From: daves@softest.UUCP (Dave Schneider)
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Subject: Re: Toshiba T5100 expansion chassis questions
Summary: Available expansion chassis for T5100
Keywords: Toshiba T 5100 expansion
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Date: 15 Jan 90 17:40:27 GMT
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In article <2615@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu> sajima@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Takahiro Sajima) writes:
>
>	I recently got a Toshiba T5100 for a good price. ...
> In particular, I'm looking for the following: 
>
>	8/16 bit ISA bus expansion slots
>	Easily detachable from the main T5100 unit
>	accepts full length boards
>	complete compatibility (or should I say transparency?)

Toshiba offers an expansion cable and chassis for their entire line
of portables. The bad news is that the expansion chassis only supports
XT (8 bit) boards and has only 5 full size slots. I've had a T5100 for almost a 
year now and have suffered through the limitations of the Toshiba 
expansion chassis. It is a real problem with IX/386 which requires a 
separate IRQ for each device. 

    Axonixs (801-466-9797) has been on the verge of producing an AT - 
expansion chassis for the T5100 for the past several months but have 
not done so for lack of interest. Give them a call to spur them along.

>	On an unrelated note, there is an openening on the T5100 between
>the external keyboard connector and the A/B/PRT switch.  The opening
>seems to cover a circular connector of some sort.  Does anyone know what
>this thing is?

There's nothing there - ignore it.

>
>	Something completely unrelated: does anyone know how to make an
>external hard disk from an internal hard disk?

Sorry - no.