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Powerbook 1400 Computer Developer Note PowerBook 1400 Computer PowerBook 1400 c PowerBook 1400 cs Developer Note © Apple Computer, Inc. 1995, 1996 Apple Computer, Inc. Corporation, used under license LIMITED WARRANTY ON MEDIA AND © 1996 Apple Computer, Inc. therefrom. REPLACEMENT All rights reserved. SoftWindows is a trademark used If you discover physical defects in the No part of this publication may be under license by Insignia from manual or in the media on which a software reproduced, stored in a retrieval Microsoft Corporation. product is distributed, ADC will replace the system, or transmitted, in any form or UNIX is a registered trademark of media or manual at no charge to you by any means, mechanical, electronic, Novell, Inc. in the United States and provided you return the item to be replaced photocopying, recording, or otherwise, other countries, licensed exclusively with proof of purchase to ADC. without prior written permission of through X/Open Company, Ltd. 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PowerPC is a trademark of International Business Machines Contents Figures and Tables vii Preface About This Developer Note ix Contents of This Note ix Supplemental Reference Documents x Apple Publications x Other Publications xi Conventions and Abbreviations xi Typographical Conventions xi Standard Abbreviations xii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Features 2 New Features 2 Modified Features 2 Unchanged Features 3 Appearance 4 Configurations 5 Peripheral Devices 6 Chapter 2 Architecture 7 Devices on the Processor Bus 8 Main Processor 8 RAM 9 ROM 10 PBX Memory Controller IC 10 Memory Control 10 Bus Bridge 10 Devices on the I/O Bus 10 Whitney Peripheral Support IC 11 Combo IC 12 Singer IC 12 Power Manager IC 12 Display Controller IC 12 Video Card Connector 12 iii Baboon Custom IC 13 Floppy Disk Controller IC 13 TREX Custom IC 13 Chapter 3 I/O Features 15 Internal IDE Hard Disk Drive 16 Hard Disk Specifications 16 Hard Disk Connector 17 Signal Assignments 18 IDE Signal Descriptions 19 Trackpad 20 Keyboard 20 Flat Panel Display 22 Flat Panel Display Circuitry 22 Number of Colors 22 Serial Port 23 SCSI Port 23 ADB Port 24 Infrared Link 25 Sound System 26 Sound Inputs 26 Sound Outputs 27 Chapter 4 Expansion Modules 29 Expansion Bay 30 Expansion Bay Module for Floppy Disk 30 Expansion Bay Module for CD-ROM 32 Expansion Bay Connectors 34 Signals on the Floppy Disk Connector 34 Signals on the CD-ROM Connector 36 Unused Signals 39 User Installation of an Expansion Bay Module 39 Sequence of Control Signals 39 Guidelines for Developers 40 RAM Expansion Cards 40 Electrical Design Guidelines for the RAM Expansion Cards 41 Connector Pin Assignments 41 Signal Descriptions 43 Address Multiplexing 44 RAM Banks 46 RAM Bank Selection 46 DRAM Device Requirements 47 iv RAM Expansion Card Electrical Limits 48 Mechanical Design of the RAM Expansion Cards 49 Design of the User-Installed RAM Card 49 Design of the Factory-Installed RAM Expansion Card 50 RAM Card Connectors 52 Expansion Card and Connector 52 Expansion Card Connector 52 Signals on the Expansion Card Connector 52 Expansion Card Mechanical Design 54 PC Card Slot 57 PC Card Features 58 Summary Specifications 58 Access Windows 58 Data Access 59 Signal Definitions 59 Power 59 Controller Interrupts 60 Chapter 5 Software Features 61 ROM Software 62 Machine Identification 62 Larger Flat Panel Displays 62 System Software 62 Modified Software Components 63 Apple Guide 63 Apple Menu Options 63 CloseView 63 Enabler 63 File Sharing 64 Finder 64 Find File 64 General Controls Control Panel 64 Memory Control Panel 64 Monitors & Sound 65 Native Resource Manager 65 Open Transport 65 SimpleText 65 Consolidation of Files 65 Open Transport 66 New Features of Open Transport 67 Compatibility 67 v Glossary 69 Index 71 vi Figures and Tables Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Figure 1-1 Front view of the computer 4 Figure 1-2 Rear view of the computer 5 Table 1-1 Configurations 5 Chapter 2 Architecture 7 Figure 2-1 Block diagram 9 Chapter 3 I/O Features 15 Figure 3-1 Maximum dimensions of the internal IDE hard disk 17 Figure 3-2 Connector for the internal IDE hard disk 18 Figure 3-3 Keyboard, U.S. layout 21 Figure 3-4 Keyboard, ISO layout 21 Figure 3-5 Serial port connector 23 Figure 3-6 ADB connector 25 Table 3-1 Signal assignments on the IDE hard disk connector 18 Table 3-2 Signals on the IDE hard disk connector 19 Table 3-3 Characteristics of the displays 22 Table 3-4 Serial port signals 23 Table 3-5 SCSI connector signals 24 Table 3-6 ADB connector pin assignments 25 Chapter 4 Expansion Modules 29 Figure 4-1 Side view of a floppy disk module 30 Figure 4-2 Top view of a floppy disk module 31 Figure 4-3 Bottom view of a floppy disk module 32 Figure 4-4 Top view of a CD-ROM module 33 Figure 4-5 Bottom view of a CD-ROM module 34 Figure 4-6 User-installed RAM expansion card 50 Figure 4-7 Factory-installed RAM card 51 Figure 4-8 Height limits on the connector side 51 Figure 4-9 Component side of the expansion card 55 Figure 4-10 Trace side of the expansion card 55 Figure 4-11 Height restrictions on the component side 56 Figure 4-12 Height restrictions on the trace side 57 Table 4-1 Connectors for expansion bay modules 34 Table 4-2 Signal assignments on the floppy disk connector 35 vii Table 4-3 Signals on the floppy disk connector 35 Table 4-4 Signal assignments on the CD-ROM connector 36 Table 4-5 Signal assignments for a hard disk drive 37 Table 4-6 Signals on the CD-ROM connector 38 Table 4-7 Unused IDE signals 39 Table 4-8 Signals on the RAM expansion connectors 41 Table 4-9 Descriptions of signals on the RAM expansion connector 43 Table 4-10 Address multiplexing for some typical DRAM devices 45 Table 4-11 Configurations of RAM banks 46 Table 4-12 RAM bank selection 46 Table 4-13 Bank selection signal connections 47 Table 4-14 Signals on the expansion card connector 52 Table 4-15 Descriptions of the signals on the expansion card connector 54 viii PREFACE About This Developer Note This developer note is a concise description of the Macintosh PowerBook 1400 computer, with emphasis on the features that are new or different from those of earlier Macintosh PowerBook computers. This developer note is intended to help hardware and software developers design products that are compatible with the Macintosh products described in the note. If you are not already familiar with Macintosh computers or if you would simply like more technical information, you may wish to read the supplementary reference documents described in this preface. This note is published in two forms: a paper version and an online version.
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