User guide

SNIkey / Screen display ..........................................................................24
Connecting standard PC peripherals (COM1) ........................................25
Network ...................................................................................................25
Modular printers .....................................................................................25
BEETLE /M - the components ................................................................27
Overview....................................................................................................27
Floppy disk drive........................................................................................29
General....................................................................................................29
Inserting a disk ........................................................................................30
Removing a disk......................................................................................30
CD ROM drive ...........................................................................................31
CPU ...........................................................................................................32
General....................................................................................................32
Interfaces.................................................................................................33
Loudspeaker............................................................................................33
Nonvolatile RAM (NV-RAM)....................................................................33
Dynamic RAM .........................................................................................33
Connection options..................................................................................34
Connecting a hard disk ........................................................................34
Free slots .............................................................................................34
Additional slots on the CPU .................................................................35
Power pack ................................................................................................35
Battery.......................................................................................................36
Changing the battery ...............................................................................37
Security against power failure ................................................................39
Changing the BEETLE /M battery...........................................................40
Configuration variants ............................................................................42
Submodules for the CPU...........................................................................42
ASYNC controller ........................................................................................42
LAN controller..........................................................................................42
CRT- or TFT-adapter...............................................................................42
Installing the submodules........................................................................43
AT plug-in cards........................................................................................46
BEETLE Inhouse Controller ....................................................................46
PCMCIA controller...................................................................................46
SNIkey controller .....................................................................................46
Installing an expansion card...................................................................47
Change of the hard disk ............................................................................49