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--- toshiba_t-series_support:toshiba_t3200sxc [2019-03-22 03:28]
omolini [RAM memory upgrade]
+++ toshiba_t-series_support:toshiba_t3200sxc [2020-08-15 21:59]
omolini [Hard disk]
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 | **Hard disk**                | Comes standard with a Conner CP-model IDE hard disk, either 40 MB or 120 MB (BIOS selectable) |
 | **Floppy disk**              | 3,5" 1.44 MB High Density (HD) diskette drive                    |
-| **Video **                   | VGA compatible WD 90C21 chip with 256 KB video RAM. Thin film transistor (TFT) color liquid crystal display (LCD) with a 640 by 480 native resolution. |
+| **Video Adapter**            | VGA compatible WD 90C21 chip with 256 KB video RAM with VGA output. |
+| **Internal display**         | 11.2" flat panel thin film transistor (TFT) color liquid crystal display (LCD) with a 640 by 480 native resolution. |
 | **I/O Ports**                | 1x VGA, 1x Parallel, 2x RS232C Serial, 1x [[DIN keyboard connector]]. |
 | **Internal expansion slots** | 1x full size 16/8-bit ISA slot \\ 1x half-size 8-bit ISA slot   |
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 ===== System Expansion =====
 ==== Hard disk ====
-Toshiba T3200SXC came with either a 40 MB hard drive, or an 120 MB hard drive. The system has a standard IDE interface to connect to the supplied Conner CP hard disk. Most Toshiba T3200SX(C) computers certain newer BIOS versions are locked to specific hard disk part numbers, so you cannot upgrade it easily. If you try using a different hard disk, the computer will refuse to detect and use the hard disk, unless it has a certain part number starting with the letters "CP" which stands for Conner Peripherals. Older BIOSes will allow you to use any hard drive, but will still use the disk settings for the hard drives that were originally supplied with the system. In this case, you can override the settings programmatically, with Anydrive, found under [[Files and Resources]].
+Toshiba T3200SXC came with either a 40 MB hard drive, or an 120 MB hard drive. The system has a standard IDE interface to connect to the supplied Conner CP hard disk. Most (if not all?) Toshiba T3200SXC computers are locked to specific hard disk part numbers, so you cannot upgrade it easily. If you try using a different hard disk, the computer will refuse to detect and use the hard disk, unless the hard disk identifies itself with a part number starting with “CP” which stands for Conner Peripherals. Older BIOSes will allow you to use any hard drive, but will still use the disk settings for the hard drives that were originally supplied with the system. In this case, you can override the settings with Anydrive, found under [[Files and Resources]].
+I have received a report that T3200SX ROMs are not compatible with T3200SXC. I don't unfortunately carry any T3200SXC ROM dumps that allow the use of any hard disk, but you can use any XT-IDE adapter in this case, such as the XT-CF-lite from Lo-Tech. TexElec carries these in stock in the US. This card bypasses the built-in IDE controller completely and replace it with a CF card.
 These are the drive configurations supported by all BIOSes:
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 [[https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_id=114&ipn=icep&toolid=20004&campid=5338306954&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_odkw%3D%2528Conner%252C%2BCP3000%252C%2BCP3044%2529%26_ftrt%3D901%26_sop%3D1%26_sadis%3D15%26_dmd%3D1%26LH_BIN%3D1%26_osacat%3D0%26_ipg%3D200%26_stpos%3D75010-2109%26_ftrv%3D1%26_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.XConner%2B%2528CP3000%252C%2BCP3044%2529.TRS0%26_nkw%3DConner%2B%2528CP3000%252C%2BCP3044%2529%26_sacat%3D0|Search these hard drives on eBay]] ((Affiliate link))
-If you're lucky, your computer has the older BIOS, and will ignore the part number and will let you boot from any IDE drive as long as you manually override the BIOS settings in software using ANYDRIVE or any other BIOS overlay software, like OnTrack. However, if you have a newer BIOS, the computer will not detect the drive unless it's made by Conner (it's IDE identifier string must start with the letters "CP").
+If you're lucky, your computer has the older BIOS, and will ignore the part number and will let you boot from any IDE drive as long as you manually override the BIOS settings in software using ANYDRIVE or any other BIOS overlay software, like OnTrack. However, if you have a newer BIOS, the computer will not detect the drive unless it's made by Conner (it's IDE identifier string must start with the letters "CP"). If you have an older BIOS that is not locked to original Conner hard disks, I would like to hear from you! We need a copy of the BIOS ROM so we can make other T3200SXC's capable of using newer hard drives.
+==== CPU upgrades and overclocking ====
+I've been informed that on the T3200SX it is possible to replace the CPU with a TX486SLC upgrade. Credits for this discovery go to **mohhingman**. Thank you!
-If you're technically skilled, HighTreason has made a tutorial how to flash the BIOS onto an EEPROM. Flashing a compatible BIOS will allow you to boot with any hard disk. Please see [[Files and Resources]] for more information.
 ==== RAM memory upgrade ====
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 ==== Math coprocessor (FPU) ====
 The computer can be upgraded with an math coprocessor (FPU). The FPU doesn't come as standard, but the computer has a provision for an added Intel 387 FPU.
+==== AT keyboard connector ====
+The computer has a DIN connector for a AT style keyboard but it may be covered by a plastic cap. Please see the [[DIN keyboard connector]] page for more information.
+==== CMOS clock battery ====
+Lithium 3.6V battery supplied. A T3200SX/120 I had came with an original Tadiran TL-5207 3.6V battery. It had a plastic container package, that actually just contained a Tadiran TL-5151 3.6V 1/2 AA lithium battery. Please see gallery for more pictures.
 ===== Questions and Answers =====
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 Since this computer is very similar to T3200SX, the BIOSes may be interchangeable. Please see file section for T3200SX for more information.
+===== Gallery =====
+<WRAP group>
+<WRAP half column>
+{{:toshiba_t-series_support:images:t3200sx-387-upgrade.png?350|}}\\
+Detail of the FPU Cyrix CX-83S87-16-KP FasMath 387 Math coprocessor upgrade.
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP half column>
+{{:toshiba_t-series_support:images:t3200sx-rear.jpg?350|}}\\
+Rear. I/O ports from left to right: COM1, COM2, LPT1, VGA, ISA.
+{{:toshiba_t-series_support:images:t3200sx-120-hdd-and-cmos-clock-battery.jpg?350|}}\\
+Image of original Toshiba T3200SX/120 Conner CP-30104 120 MB hard disk (the same 120 MB drive is on the T3200SXC) drive and a Tadiran CMOS clock battery
+</WRAP>
+</WRAP>
+===== More images =====
+Please see the [[Toshiba T3200SX]] page for additional images. T3200SXC is very similar to T3200SX.
 ===== Links =====
 [[http://omolini.steptail.com/t3200sx/mirror/www.ailis.de/~k/archives/21-Toshiba-T3200-SXC.html|The Toshiba T3200SXC and how to disassemble it]] | [[http://www.ailis.de/~k/archives/21-Toshiba-T3200-SXC.html|Original URL]]\\

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