Newbie Hardware Questions

[Richard Smith]

On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Vincent Sanders wrote:

> > FInally, where can I find pinout of the pcmcia-like connector, which I believe
> > is a POD connector?
> >
> > Am I mad?
> >
> > Thanks for any help, Vincent
> >
> >
>
> Heh no that pcmcia connector serves one purpose in life, its from
> previous pace designs which allowed the user to boot the box from an
> alternate flash memory device (pcmcia) style...its not a real pcmcia
> port and I havnt ever seen an actual working design, the pad outlines
> could be useful for summat btw

I've just finished mapping out that connector.  Its pinout is on
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~ras400/ibx100/ibx100.html.

Has anyone who knows about Risc-OS managed to make the STB use the spare
serial port on the 669 for its modem instead of the internal one?  Is it
likely to be possible?

Richard.