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The current PC110 discussion forum is on Yahoo Groups.
Julie Strietelmeier administers the excellent PC110
mailing list, which deals with all subjects. Now
gone :-(
There is also a seperate Linux on the PC110 mailing list. An archive of past postings is available.
For those of you fluent in Japanese, there is a Japanese mailing list running. To subscribe, send the message
subscribe pc110lovers
to majordomo@ml.maple.or.jp. An archive of past postings is available.
PC110 User's Guide
- this is heavily summarised translation of the PC110 manual.Marko Schuster's FAQ - PersonaWare usage, and much, much more.
Seamus Waldron is doing an excellent job of translating PersonaWare modules into English. He has produced an update package which will update several modules with English version. he is also keen to see what the interest is in writing Windows apps which will read or convert the PersonaWare data files.
IBM Japan made the source code available for some of the PersonaWare modules.
There is an update available to PersonaWare V1.01 from the IBM Japan FTP server; check out Seamus' notes on this update before you proceed.
This also first appeared on Seamus' site - click here for the relevant page. This is a patch to the BIOS, and is only known to fix 256 colour mode problems after a RAM upgrade beyond 12MB.
Have a look at my driver matrix for links to individual
device driver support files.
Executive Decisions offer hardware repairs for the PC110, some price guides are published on the web site.
Mark Willis is also be willing to repair PC110 hardware.
Have a look at this Japanese page. Click on each link to see various bits and pieces available in Japan, like docking stations, PCMCIA cameras, and so on. I'd love to know what the text said about each of these things!
Integral Peripherals
manufacture PCMCIA hard drives, flash cards, and Compact Flash devices.Executive Decisions sell PCMCIA type convertor to allow a type III and a type II device to be used at the same time, inverting the type III device on a flecxible connector. Greystone Peripherals also sell a similar device, which retains the normal orientation for the type III device, using a rigid connector.
Toshiba USA sell a PCMCIA type II / III convertor. I haven't bought one of these (yet), but it's the only one I can find details of on the web.
Seamus Waldron built a battery pack for his PC110, and placed details of it on his web pages.
Vaughan Pratt cut his case to accept a 3000mAh battery; details here.
WebBoy is IBM's DOS-based web browser. It appears to be reasonably stable, but installs a lot of its own device drivers. I haven't yet tried it out.
Seamus has some information on WebBoy, or you can download a demo from IBM Japan.
Updates to WebBoy are held on the IBM Japan FTP server.
WebBoy may be purchased from T-Zone - see below.
Arachne is another DOS-based web browser. It is said to be less stable than WebBoy, but again I've not tried it myself.
Another DOS-based web browser, this time from Caldera, and no - I've not tried this yet!
Calmira
is a Windows 95 style shell for Windows 3.1x. Complete with Start menu, taskbar, shortcuts, Explorer, and more, and it's free! It can be used as an application under Windows, or you can easily set it up to replace Program Manager as your Windows shell. A great product.Workplace Shell for Windows
was written by an IBM employee who wanted an OS/2 Warp style shell for Windows 3.1x systems. This it accomplishes very well, with the object-oriented drag & drop desktop, object property panels, shadows, and more. Comes with an installation program that replaces Program Manager with Workplace Shell for Windows. Not updated for a couple of years.The first two pages (Seamus' and Amanda's) are the ones I used when researching my
PC110 purchase. The others are good sites which I have come across, and I'm sure there are
more that I have missed out ;-)
Amanda Walker's PC110 page
- Amanda was oneof the first to import a PC110 from Japan, but I don't think she's updating her pages any more. Some good installation instructions for Win95, and for recovering the original Flash drive contents from thesupplied diskettes.Seamus Waldron's PC110 page (A Profound Journey)
- Seamus has taken his PC110 travelling around the world, to give him an 'online office'. read about his travels, and some of the definitive PC110 information, at his web site.Marko Schuster's FAQ - Last updated in August 1997, this answers a lot of basic usability questions, and gives a comprehensive guide to using PersonaWare.
PC110 as Industrial Art - Vaughan Pratt documents case modifications he made to allow his PC110 to accept a 3000mAh battery, a stripped-down PC110 connected to the internet, and more.
The Gadgeteer's PC110 page - A good overview of the PC110, with plenty of links. Lots of other small toys at the main site!
I don't read Japanese, so I can only list those that I've come across, without knowing what the content really is. Some good pictures here, though ;-)
IBM Japan's PC110 page
- The PC110 is still linked from IBM Japan's ThinkPad page, for some reason...Of these, I have only dealt with T-Zone in Tokyo. I was very impressed with their
service, and would recommend them to anyone. However, check out the web pages for the
other resellers below to compare prices, products, and services. All references here are
to English pages. Most of these resellers still carry some of the PC110 accessories, but
check around as stocks are dwindling.
T-Zone Tokyo
- Sadly, it appears T-Zone have been taken over, and now no longer stock PC110 items as they once didExecutive Decisions - Ken often has new and
second-hand machines and parts, plus he offers hardware repairs.
Dynamism
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