The IBM PalmTop PC110
	Last updated: 30th January 2000

Introduction...

What, another WindowsCE machine? No - a proper palmtop PC. It's a ridiculous toy - a colour notebook PC that's smaller than a paperback book or a video cassette when closed. It fits into a jacket pocket. It makes noises. It has a built in modem. But, it has no CD-ROM drive, a 33MHz 486 processor, and a tiny keyboard. You'll either love it or hate it. Have a look here for more details and a technical specification, or here for a couple of pictures that give you an idea of its size..

The purpose of these pages is to gather information that users of the PC110 will find helpful, but which might not be available elsewhere. If you want, you can read my long introduction that used to be on this page, that explains a little more about why I bought the PC110 in the first place, and why I decided to start these web pages.
  

Operating system installation

Unless you can read Japanese, you're going to be installing a new operating system onto your PC110. Or, perhaps you want to put your software back to how it was when you got your PC110. Choose your poison...
 

Japanese Preload	DOS	Windows 3.1
Windows 95	Windows NT	OS/2 Warp

Linux-heads are not catered for here, I'm afraid. I haven't dabbled enough in that area to hope to give any definitive information. Try the Linux mailing list, or these PC110/Linux links.
 

Device driver matrix

Check the driver matrix, which covers device support for DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, and OS/2 Warp.
 

Technical notes

This is a collection of tips I have gathered that relate to the unique features of the PC110:

• Overclocking to 40MHz - run your PC110 faster than intended by rewiring the clock generator.
• Batteries and power packs - Tips for conserving power, using camcorder batteries, and making your own power packs.
• BIOS Support for PCMCIA devices - yup, no more Card & Socket Services for me!
• Initialising ATA storage devices - can't get your PCMCIA hard drive to boot when it should?
• Using the internal modem - not got a Japanese phone system where you live?
• PS2 commands - configure all your PC110 power management functions, and more, from a DOS prompt.
• If it all goes wrong - like it has a couple of times for me, here's some tips on resetting your PC110 to a sensible state.
• Start-up sequence explained - Understand how the start up sequence in Easy-Setup affects the operation of the PC110
• What's on the diskettes? - Here's what I can make of the content of the five diskettes supplied with my PC110
• Serial device configuration - How to configure the IR port, modem, serial port, and PCMCIA modems from EasySetup.
• Keyboard tips - The size and design of the PC110 keyboard, plus keyboard shortcuts and external connectors.
• Canon CE300 camera - The colour digital camera designed exclusively for the PC110.
• Buying a PC110 - points to consider before purchasing, and which options to go for.
• Extra hardware you'll find useful - other items I have found to be invaluable with my PC110

PC110 History

Where did this amazing palmtop come from? Was there ever a successor? Find out some more here...
PC110 sales brochures All in Japanese, of course!
 

Mailing lists 

Click here to find out about the PC110 mailing lists. Includes pointers for subscribing and unsubscribing, and links to archives. 

More questions?

If you've got any questions regarding the information on these pages, or if you have any further information on a PC110 subject, drop me a note, or maybe post your question to the PC110 mailing list.

Links to other PC110 resources

Click here for my PC110 links page. 
 

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Written by Daniel Basterfield. Images found on the internet. Enjoy!