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From: pwong@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Patrick Wong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Interfacing to the T1000SE 100-pin connector
Message-ID: <1990Oct3.130728.20830@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 3 Oct 90 13:07:28 GMT
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In article <3378@mindlink.UUCP> a577@mindlink.UUCP (Curt Sampson) writes:
>
>Is there any reason that those 16 bit slots couldn't be used on the T1000SE/XE,
>too?  It's got an 8086 (16 bit bus) rather than an 8088 (8 bit bus).  I'm
>pretty sure that the built in hard-drive controller on my XE is 16 bit because
>of the transfer rate.  (It transfers at about 475 KB/sec, which is in the AT
>speed range; typical XT speeds are 185 KB/sec.)
>
Sorry for the confusion !  I did not mean to imply that the DeskStation cannot
be used on 1000SE/XE.  In fact, the brochure explicitly says it is for all
three models.  Also, you are right that the bus on the machines is 16-bit.
However, if I remember correctly, the Toshiba Tech person told me on the phone
that one can only put 8-bit cards in DeskStation if the laptop to which it is
connected is a 1000SE or 1000XE.  But then again, a Tech person is not God.

>cjs
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Patrick Wong
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