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Date:      Sun, 2 Jun 1996 15:09:05 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        hardware@freebsd.org
Cc:        mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Laptop hardware FOUND
Message-ID:  <199606020539.PAA26867@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>

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After much searching (and no end of fighting for the funds), I've finally
got my hands on a portable FreeBSD dream machine.

The unit in question is the very-new Sharp PC9000. (Note that the 9030 and 
9070 are implicitly OK too, I just couldn't get the extra cash 8( )

Basic spec :

P100, 256K L2 cache, EDO DRAM.
1GB EIDE disk, 6x ATAPI CDrom.
800x600 passive-matrix LCD, Cirrus 7xxx PCI chipset.
Soundblaster-16 clone w/stereo speakers & microphone built in

The 9030 gives you an active-matrix display and a P120.  The 9070 has
a different display again (I think), 16M rather than 8, and two batteries.

The config I ended up with (9000 with carry case and 16M total memory)
comes in under AUD$5000, beating out the Toshiba 410CS by a comfortable
margin.

General ramblings:

I installed the 2.2-960501-SNAP on the machine (via PPP/ftp after
PPP/NFS failed).  The machine comes with W95 preinstalled (yecch), but
they're kind enough to also supply all the bits required to
_reinstall_ it (including the bundled apps and Sharp-specific
drivers); two CD's, boot floppy, step-by-step instructions.  Top marks.

The CD works fine, even after it's gone into spin-down snooze mode.
Likewise the disk (spin-up from total sleep only takes a couple of
seconds) :

wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <FUJITSU M2714T>, 32-bit, multi-block-16
wd0: 1037MB (1214864 sectors), 2108 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/s
wdc1: unit 0 (atapi): <UJDCD6700/1.01>, removable, intr, iordy
wcd0: 1033Kb/sec, 128Kb cache, audio play, 256 volume levels, popup

As yet, I haven't got X up, but 3.1.2B and onwards of XFree86 claims to
support the Cirrus chip.

APM status is unclear : the boot probe reports:

apm: found APM BIOS version 1.1

# apmconf -e
Unknown Original APM event 0x10
Unknown Original APM event 0xf
Unknown Original APM Event 0xe
Unknown Original APM Event 0xd
# zzz
(beep, screen blanks, beep, screen comes back)
resumed from suspended mode (slept 00:00:02)

(close cover, system beeps and suspends correctly)
(open cover, system wakes up OK)
# apm
(kernel traps)

... so there seems to be a bit left to do there 8)

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