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Developer Note 6/20/97 Apple Technical Publications © Apple Computer, Inc. 1997 Developer Note Macintosh PowerBook 2400c Computer.
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iii Contents Figures and T ables v Pref ace About This De v eloper Note vii Contents of This Note vii Supplemental Reference Documents vii Conventions and Abbreviations viii T ypographical Conventions.
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v Figur es and T ables Chapter 1 Delta Guide to the P owerBook 2400c Computer 1 Figure 1-1 F ront vie w of the computer 2 Figure 1-2 Back vie w of the computer 3 Figure 1-3 K eyboard la yout for model.
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vii PREF ACE About This Developer Note This developer note describes the Macintosh PowerBook 2400c computer , a new computer based on the same architectur e as the PowerBook 3400 computer but smaller and lighter . This developer note describes only the changes that make the new models differ ent from the PowerBook 3400.
viii PREF ACE http://devworld.apple.com/dev/technotes.shtml Printed copies of the T echnote are available from Field Copy and Printing, telephone 1-415-323-3155.
ix PREF ACE Other abbreviations used in this note include: ADB Apple Desktop Bus CD-ROM compact disc read-only memory DIMM dual inline memory module DRAM dynamic RAM EDO extended data out FDD floppy .
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CHAPTER 1 Delta Guide to the PowerBook 2400c Computer 1 Figure 1-0 Listing 1-0 T able 1-0.
CHAPTER 1 Delta Guide to the P o werBook 2400c Computer 2 Appearance The Macintosh PowerBook 2400c computer is a small, light-weight notebook computer based on the architectur e of the PowerBook 3400 computer . This chapter is a delta guide—it describes only the differ ences between the PowerBook 2400c computer and the PowerBook 3400.
CHAPTER 1 Delta Guide to the P o werBook 2400c Computer The T wo Models 3 Figure 1-2 Back vie w of the computer The T wo Models 1 There ar e two models of the Macintosh PowerBook 2400c, one for sale in Japan and one for the US. The model sold in Japan is slightly differ ent from the model sold in the US.
CHAPTER 1 Delta Guide to the P owerBook 2400c Computer 4 F eatures Featur es 1 Most of the features of the PowerBook 2400c computer ar e the same as those of the PowerBook 3400 computer . T able 1-2 lists the features that are dif ferent; those featur es are described individually in the following sections of this developer note.
CHAPTER 1 Delta Guide to the P owerBook 2400c Computer F eatures 5 RAM Expansion 1 The PowerBook 2400c computer accommodates one SO (small outline) DIMM for RAM expansion.
CHAPTER 1 Delta Guide to the P owerBook 2400c Computer 6 F eatures For information about the latest version of the PC Card Manager , developers should refer to the PC Car d Manager v3.0 SDK. The SDK is available on the March 1997 Reference Library edition of the Developer CD and on the Apple Developer W orld web page at: ftp://ftp.
CHAPTER 1 Delta Guide to the P o werBook 2400c Computer F eatures 7 Hard Disk Size 1 The storage capacity of the built-in hard disk in the Macintosh PowerBook 2400c computer is 1.
CHAPTER 1 Delta Guide to the P o werBook 2400c Computer 8 P eripheral De vices Peripheral Devices 1 Several peripheral devices are available for the Macintosh PowerBook 2400c computer: ■ Macintosh PowerBook external floppy drive for Macintosh PowerBook 2400c, to be connected through its own port on the back of the computer .
CHAPTER 1 Delta Guide to the P o werBook 2400c Computer System Software 9 Machine Identification 1 The Macintosh PowerBook 2400c computer has a new machine ID value, 307 (133 in hexadecimal). Inside Macintosh: Overview describes the Gestalt Manager and tells how to use the gestaltMachineType value to obtain the machine name string.
CHAPTER 1 Delta Guide to the P owerBook 2400c Computer 10 System Software.
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