EPSON ActionNote 890 Series
Front View
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These parts function only with the optional audio card installed.
Rear Panel and Left Side
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Available only with the optional internal fax/modem or infrared device
installed.
Memory
ROM
Video RAM
Cache
Clock/ calendar
Controllers
Video
8MB standard, configured with 4 or 8MB
RAM soldered on the system board;
systems with 4MB on system board,
include an additional 4MB memory
module; expandable up to 24MB using a
4, 8, or 16MB memory expansion module
(can install a 20MB module on systems
with 4MB on the system board)
128KB Flash ROM device containing the
system and video BIOS and Setup
program code
512KB DRAM supports resolutions up
to 640 X 480 in 256 colors on the color
LCD and up to 1024 X 768 in 16 colors or
800 X 600 in 256 colors on external
monitor
8KB internal
Real-time clock, calendar, and CMOS
RAM; backed up by internal battery
Chips and Technology® 65535 video
controller; 32-bit local bus interface to
the microprocessor; supports enhanced
video modes on an external monitor;
supports resolutions from 640 x 480 in
256 colors on the color LCD and up to
1024 x 768 in 16 colors on an external
monitor; automatic external monitor
detection; simultaneous display with
LCD screen using Fn F10 command or
software
Notebook Specifications
CPU and Memory
CPU
System speed Fast speed and slow speed (8 MHz)
486 DX4/ 100 microprocessor installed in
a PGA socket; includes 8KB of internal
cache in write-back mode and integrated
math coprocessor
available; speed selection through Setup
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Diskette drive
Hard disk
PCMCIA
Built-in super I/O controller for one
internal 3.5-inch diskette drive; supports
720KB and 1.44MB formats
Built-in super I/O controller has
interface to one 2.5-inch, IDE internal
hard disk drive; automatically
recognizes and configures drives up to
19 mm high that support the IDE
interface
Built-in Vadem® VG-468 controller for
two stacked slots; supports two Type I
or II cards, or one Type III; PCMCIA
version 2.01 and JEIDA 4.1 compatible;
supports low power and suspend
modes; supports hot insertion (including
ExCA standards); register compatible
with Intel® 82365SL,
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Interfaces
External VGA
Parallel
Serial
External
keyboard/mouse
Phone jack or
infrared option
Auto-sensing, 15-pin, D-sub, female
connector for analog monitor; supports
simultaneous display with LCD using
Fn F10 hot-key sequence or software
command
Centronics® compatible; 25-pin,
D-sub, female connector; bidirectional
S-bit parallel; autodetects ECP or EPP
devices when connected and turned on
at system start-up
RS-232C, programmable, asynchronous,
9-pin, D-sub male connector, UART
16C550C
Auto-sensing, 6-pin, mini-DIN
connector for a PS/2-type external
keyboard, keypad, or pointing device
Supports RJ-11 connector with optional
internal fax/modem installed or
IrDA-compliant interface card; up to
115.2 kbits/second to a distance of
3.3 feet (1 meter) within a 30° viewing
angle; can use COM1(3F8h) or COM2
(2F8h)
Mass Storage
Hard disk drive
Diskette drive
Setup Program
One removable internal IDE hard disk
drive, 2.5-inch form factor; maximum
height 19 mm; Setup automatically
recognizes and configures drives that
support the IDE interface; parameters
for the supported drives are as follows:
Internal 3.5-inch diskette drive; 720KB or
1.44MB format; supports lower power
consumption
Stored in ROM; accessible by pressing
F8 at system startup; includes power
management utilities
Speaker
Audio input and
output
Port replicator
Security
Keyboard
ActionPoint
Volume
Control
Internal; automatically disabled when
optional audio card is installed and lineout is used
Connectors for external microphone,
line-in, and line-out when optional
audio card is installed
Connector for optional ActionPort™
Replicator
Connector for optional Kensington®
security device
85 keys; 101-key keyboard compatible;
embedded numeric keypad; Fn key for
hot key commands
Built-in touchpad pointing device with
two buttons compatible with standard
PS/2 mouse driver software; can be
disabled with Setup
Knob adjusts sound of internal speaker
or audio card (if installed)
Software
LCD Screen
Screen type
(all backlit)
Resolutions
and colors
Diagonal
measurement,
active area
One time choice of MS-DOS® and
Microsoft Windows® or Windows® 95;
also pre-installed Lotus® Smart Suite,®
NetCom™ NetCruiser™ trial versions of
CompuServe®, PRODIGY,® America
Online,® and OAG® FlightDisk;®
SystemSoft® drivers and utilities for
PC cards, drivers and utilities for video
system and touchpad; online version of
User’s Guide; all installed on the hard
disk drive; refer to About Your Software
card for details on EPSON’s support
policy
Monochrome
640 x 480.
Passive color
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640 x 480.
Active color
10.4 inches
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Fax/modem Specifications
Characteristic
Compatibility
speeds
Command set
Data correction
Data compression
Dialing type
Fax Modem
Group 3, CCITT Bell 103, 212A,
G3 V.2.1, V.27ter. CCITT V.22. V.22
V.29 (send only)
14.4, 9600, 7200, 14.4, 9600, 2400,
4800, 2400, 300
baud
Class 1
MNP 2 to 4, V.42
MNP 5, V.42 bis
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Touchtone or pulse
LED Panel
con
Q
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0
I3
El
Name
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cl
Power
’
Suspend
Charge
Diskette Computer is accessing the diskette drive
drive
Hard
drive
PCMCIA
A
v
Num Lock
Meanlng
Green-Computer is on
Flashing green-very low battery; system is
about to power down
Green-Standby mode; press any key to
return to full power
Flashing green-Suspend mode; press
Suspend/Resume button to return to full power
Orange-battery is charging normally
Green-battery is fully charged
Flashing orange-battery is not installed
correctly or is damaged
Computer is accessing the hard disk
disk
PC card is inserted
Num Lock is on, which activates the
embedded numeric keypad
1
Caps
Lock
A
Scroll
Lock
Caps Lock is on
Scroll Lock is on
bis
1200, 300 baud
Enhanced AT
drive
Power Sources
AC power adapters
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Battery
Rechargeable 12 Volt NiMH battery;
current regulation by thermistor
Caution
Use only the adapters and replacement batteries designed for
use with the ActionNote 890 series (lightweight AC adapter
A882051, international AC adapter A882101, auto adapter
A882241, and battery A882291).
Environmental Requirements
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Condition
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Acoustical noise
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Operating
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35 dB at 1 meter (maximum)
Non-operating
Caution
When traveling by airplane, take the computer into the
passenger compartment to prevent it from being stored in an
unpressurized storage compartment.
Physical Dimensions
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Model
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Monochrome
Color
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8.8 I 220 I 11.7 297 I 1.6 I 40 I 5.5 I 2.5
8.8
220 11.7 297 1.7 43 6
2.7
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Optional Equipment
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4MB, 8MB, or 16MB memory expansion module
User-removable 540MB, 810MB, or 1.2GB hard disk drive
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14.4Kbps baud internal data fax/modem
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115.2 kbits/second IrDA-compliant infrared device
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16-bit, SoundBlaste®l6-compatible stereo audio card
Additional NiMH batteries
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Extra AC adapter or international AC adapter
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Adapter for an automobile cigarette lighter
External battery charger
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External keyboard
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Numeric keypad
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PCMCIA Type I, II, and III cards including flash RAM,
SRAM, modem, fax/modem, and LAN cards
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ActionPort Replicator
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Portable CD-ROM player
Carrying case
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Kensington MicroSaver® Security Lock.
Major Subassemblies
LED panel (LED card or
memory module
/
BIOS ROM
audio/LED card
fax/modem
connector
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er converter board
under
panel)
Memory Module Installation
The computer comes with 8MB memory standard, but may
have 4 or 8MB of memory soldered on the system board. It
includes a single memory module socket which contains a
4MB module on units with 4MB soldered on the system
board. You can increase the memory up to 24MB by removing
the original module, if one is installed, and installing a 4, 8, or
16 memory module. (You can install a 20MB module on units
that have only 4MB soldered on the system board.)
System Board Components
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System board components
Serial port connector (J2)
VGA connector for an external
monitor (J3)
Power converter board connector (22-pin male)
Connector Pin Assignments
Power converter board connector (14-pin male)
Pin No.
1 to 4
5
6
7
8 NC
9 NC
10 PWROFF
11 to 14 GND Ground
Signal Name Description
VA
CHGLED Output pin to drive the orange LED
SWITCH
PWRON
Constant voltage from AC adapter
To power on DC/DC converter
Reserved
No connection
No connection
To power off DC/DC converter
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External keyboard/mouse connector (J7)
Pin Signal
1
AUX-DATA 3
2 NC 4
Pin
Signal Pin
GND
+5 V
Microphone connector (J88)
Pin
1
2 MICIN 4 BMIC
Fax/modem
Signal Pin
AGND
3 BMlC
connector (J15)
Signal
HDD IDE connector (J23)
Signal
5 AUX-CLK
6 NC
Pin5Signal
MICIN
Speaker connector (J18)
Pin
1
Signal
GND
FDD connector (J22)
Pin No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Signal Name Pin No.
VCC5
INDEX
VCC5
DR0
VCC5
DSKCHG
MEDIA0
MTRO
DIR
STEP
2
Pin
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Signal
SPK
Signal Name
GND
WDATA
GND
WGATE
GND
TRK0
GND
WRTPRT
RDATA
HDSEL
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PCMCIA connector (P1 and P2)
Audio-Out connector (J24)
Pin Signal
1
2 LOUT1
AGND
Pin
3
4
LCD connector (J11, 10-pin)
Pin Signal
1
GND
2
LCD ON
3
BPLD0
Pin Signal
4
BPLD2 7
5
BPLD4 8
6 BPLD6
LCD connector (J12, 15-pin)
Pin
Pin Signal
1
GND
2 BPLD7
Signal
5
BPLD1
6
BPLD15
Signal Pin Signal
SPK
SPK
Pin Signal Pin Signal
Pin Signal Pin
9
10
5
BPLD8 9
BPLD10
BPLD9
BLP
10
13
14
LOUT0
BPLD12
BPLD14
Signal
BSCP
FPVCC
Processor switch (S1)
Speed selection switch (S2)
CPU selection switch (S4)
Main
board connector to power converter (J16)
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Main board connector to power converter (J17)
Pin Signal
Touchpad connector (J19)
Pin Signal
1
TBDIS 5
2 Z8PO0
3 Z8PO1 7
4 VCC5 8
Internal keyboard connector (J20)
Pin Signal
1
P37
2
P36
Pin Signal Pin Signal
Pin Signal Pin Signal
MCLK 9 TBDIS
NC
6
GND
MDATA 12 VCC5
Pin Signal Pin
P34 7 Z8PO1
4
P33
5
10
Z8PO0
11
Z8PO1
Signal Pin Signal
8
GND
Pin Signal
Pin Signal
13
MCLK
14 NC
15
GND
16
MDATA
10 P31
11
P30
Internal keyboard connector (J21)
Pin
Signal Pin Signal Pin
1
P16 5
2 P15 6
3
P14 7
4 P13 8
P12
P11 10
P10
PO7 12 PO3
Daughterboard connector (JP1)
Daughterboard connector (JP2)
5
MA6
Signal Pin Signal
9
P06 13 P02
P05 14
11
P04 15 P00
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System Memory Map
000000H
0A0000H
0C0000H
0E0000H
0EA000H
0F0000H
100000H
FFE000H
640KB base memory
128KB
reserved for graphics display area
Reserved
40KB
for VGA BIOS
Power Management Utility
64KB for system BIOS
Extended memory
Duplicated code assignment at address 0E0000
Hardware Interrupts
I Interrupt
IRQ0
IRQ1
IRQ2
IRQ3
IRQ4
IRQ5
IRQ6
IRQ7
IRQ8
IRQ9
IRQ10
IRQ11
IRQ12
IRQ13
IRQ14
IRQ15
Function
Timer
Keyboard
Cascade
COM2 (2F8H) (COM4 02E8)
COM1 (3F8H) (COM3 03E8)
Optional sound card
Diskette Controller
LPT1
Clock/Calendar
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Video
Available
Available
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Touchpad
Reserved for Coprocessor
Hard Disk Drive Controller
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Available
FFFFFFH
DMA Assignments
Channel
DMA0
DMA1
DMA2
DMA3
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DMA4
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DMA5
DMA6
DMA7
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Device
Available
Optional Sound Card
Diskette Controller
ECP
Cascade for CTRL 1
Available
Available
Available
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System l/O Address Map
Hexadecimal Address
000-01F
020-03F
040-05F
060-06F
070-07F
080-09F
0A0-0BF
0C0-0DF
0F0
0F1
0FB-0FF
100-1EF
1F0-1F8
200-207
208-277
278-27F
2F8-2FF
300-31F
360-36F
378-37F
380-38F
3A0-3AF
3B0-3BF
3C0-3CF
3D0-3DF
3E0-3EF
3F0-3F7
3F8-3FF
Device
DMA Controller 1
lnterrupt Controller
Timer/Counter
Keyboard Controller
RTC NMI
DMA Page Register
Interrupt Controller 2
DMA Controller 2
Clear Math Coprocessor Busy
Reset Math Coprocessor
Math Coprocessor
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Available
Hard Disk Drive
Game Port
Optional Sound Card
Parallel Port 2
I Serial Port 2
Prototype Card
Reserved
Parallel Port 1
SDLC Bisynchronous 2
Bisynchronous 1
Mono Display Printer Adapter
Reserved
Color/Graphics Monitor Adapter
PCMCIA Controller
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Diskette Drive Controller
Serial Port 1
Installation/Support Tips
Using Low Battery Save to HDD and Instant On
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The ActionNote 890 series hard disk drive is partitioned at
the factory so that these options can be used. A 25MB area
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is set aside for the saved data; this ensures that there is
enough space for all memory configurations.
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To prepare the hard disk drive, run the PHDISK utility,
located in the C:\PM directory. You also need to run this
utility if you upgrade your system memory. Type the
following command at the DOS prompt and press Enter:
PHDISK/CREATE
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If you install a new hard disk drive and want to use the
Low Battery Save to HDD or Instant On options, you need
to leave sufficient space on the disk unpartitioned. The
amount of space should equal the system memory plus
2MB. After you run FDISK to partition the drive, you need
to run the PHDISK utility to configure the storage space on
the drive.
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In Windows 3.1, when the computer is turned on after
using the Low Battery Save to HDD or Instant On options,
the PCMCIA services are not reinitialized. The computer
recognizes SRAM PC cards, but does not recognize most
other PC cards. You must reboot to reinitialize the services.
Using an External Monitor
When you connect an external monitor, make sure you turn it
on before you turn on the computer. The ActionNote
automatically detects the external monitor and displays data
on its screen. Press Fn F10 to switch your display from the
monitor to the LCD screen or to display on both screens
simultaneously.
Using a Serial Mouse
If you connect a serial mouse, you must use the Setup
program to disable the built-in touchpad.
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Information Reference List
Engineering Change Notices
None
Technical Information Bulletins
None
Product Support Bulletins
None
Related Documentation
EPSON ActionNote 890 Series
400521800
400526800
400527000
PL-AN890S
TM-AN800T EPSON ActionNote 890 Series Service Manual
EPSON ActionNote 890 Series User’s Guide
About Your Software
Choosing Your Operating System
EPSON ActionNote 890 Series Parts Price List
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