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Fujitsu Stylistic-1200 Pen Computer

Many refurbished Stylistic 1200 have been available in the first half 2001 for the price of $100-$150 (released in 1997 for $3800): Pentium-120, 32MB RAM, 2.1GB 2.5" HD pen-computer (see also Stylistic 1000). Ideal as HomeNetwork - terminal, but to really use it a decent OS needs to be installed.

1. Installing FreeBSD / Linux
2. FreeBSD Setup
3. Linux Setup
4. Specifications
5. Resources

Since Stylistic-1200 has a 2.5" notebook HD it should be easy to install it, just a 2.5" -> 3.5" adapter required and you can attach it to your PC. To install it with a FreeBSD live-system you can nevertheless check Stylistic 1000 which has detailed infos on this more sophisticated approach which I actually prefered; I attached the 2.5" to a host which runs Linux and FreeBSD.

I first saved the existing disk-image (in my case was /dev/hdc under Linux):

dd if=/dev/hdc | gzip -c > st1200.win95.img.gz

which resulted in a 130MB large .gz file of a 2.1GB disk. Then partitioned the 2.5" HD under Debian and made two primary partitions (no linux-swap), on the host:

primary 1: type=83   1000MB   Linux

primary 2: type=a5   1117MB   386BSD

Then mounting the first partition under Linux on the host: and installing Debian from the live-system (see Stylistic-1000 Linux-install, swap added as file then, see Linux-section How-To, be very careful of the /etc/lilo.conf on your 2.5" disk). As next I booted on my host to FreeBSD and installed it on the 2.5" disk (also mentioned in Stylistic-1000 page).

Stylistic 1200 2. FreeBSD Setup

PCMCIA Ethernet

I use a 3Com Etherlink III 3C589 PCMCIA which was just recognized fine, put  pccard_enable="YES"  in your /etc/rc.conf - yet since the machine is slow (just 120MHz) I edited /etc/rc.pccard (excerpt):   ...     pccardd ${pccardd_flags} && echo -n ' pccardd'     sleep 3;       echo '.'     ;;    ...  where I added sleep 3; to make sure pccardd has enough time to startup and init the ethernet device. Without this change the device is recognized too late and the rc.network already tried to init the network.

Sound

The sound-chipset is ESS 1878 (Sound Blaster Pro compatible - whatever this means), I added following lines in my kernel-config:  device      pcm   device      sbc0  at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x11  and I made follwing changes in the BIOS (press F2 while booting) and go into the Advanced Menu -> Audio Features Submenu:  Audio:             [Enabled]   Base address:    [220]   FM base address: [388]   IRQ:             [5]   DMA channel      [1]      Speaker:         [On]  the DMA channel may be set to 0, change it to 1. I played arround with the settings as the sound didn't work until I changed the DMA channel.

Pen

I haven't yet gotten the pen to work, the pentest.c gives junk output, more testing and debugging required. Updates later.

Stylistic 1200 3. Linux Setup

PCMCIA Ethernet

See Stylistic-1000 page for Linux/Debian changes required in /etc/init.d/.

Sound

On my Linux/Debian-2.2r0 the default setup the modules-setup wasn't really working, so, make sure you call update-modules. Also check the BIOS changes mentioned above under FreeBSD Setup: Sound (above), and then do:  modprobe sound   insmod uart401   insmod sb io=0x220 dma=1 irq=5 dma16=-1  and optional  insmod opl3 io=0x388  and add the modules and parameters in /etc/modules.conf or use the corresponding utils.

Pen

To activate the pen under Linux:  % setserial /dev/ttyS3 irq 15 port 0xfce8   % setserial /dev/ttyS3 baud_base 115200   % setserial /dev/ttyS3    /dev/ttyS3, UART: 16450, Port: 0xfce8, IRQ: 15  should the UART: unknown then the pen wasn't recognized. Try pentest.c:  cc -o pentest pentest.c   ./pentest /dev/ttyS3  and move with the pen on the display. LinuxSlate.Org: Pen Drivers Pen-drivers for XFree86

X11

Here my XF86Config for XFree86-3.3.6 or later (slightly edited from another setup), including the pen-drivers from LinuxSlate.Org.

Finally I installed Netscape-browser, xmms (MPEG player) and a bunch of other apps, under Linux/Debian just a few apt-get calls away.

Stylistic 1200 4. Specifications

Stylistic 1200 Tech Reference Manual (PDF) 1.2MB PDF file

Form Factor

Full-screen, tablet-size, pen computer

Microprocessor

Pentium® 120 MHz

16 KB On-Chip Cache

Integrated Math Coprocessor

256 KB L2 Cache

System Memory

16 MB EDO DRAM

Upgradeable to 24 MB, 32 MB, 48 MB

BIOS

512 KB Flash ROM

Bus Architecture

PCI, CardBus

Operating Systems

Windows NT™ Workstation 4.0 with pen support

Windows® 95 with Pen Services 2.0

MS-DOS® 6.2 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 with Pen Extensions 1.0

Hard Disk Drive

1.6 GB or 2.1 GB, shock mounted

Expansion

Two Type II or one Type III PC Card slots, Ver. 3.0

CardBus, Zoomed Video

Displays

TFT Color LCD

Backlit, 8" (197mm) diagonal

0.25mm dot pitch

640 x 480 VGA resolution, up to 262,144 colors

DSTN Color LCD

Backlit, 8" (197mm) diagonal

0.25mm dot pitch

640 x 480 VGA resolution, up to 4,096 colors

Transmissive Monochrome LCD

Backlit, 8" (200mm diagonal)

0.25mm dot pitch

640 x 480 VGA resolution, up to 64 gray scales

Transflective Monochrome LCD

Backlit, 8" (200mm) diagonal

0.25mm dot pitch

640 x 480 VGA resolution, up to 64 gray scales

Digitizer

Electromagnetic Tablet

1016 points/inch resolution

133 points/second sampling rate

Audio

Sound Blaster Pro compatible

Built-in microphone and speaker

Stereo microphone jack

Stereo headphone jack

Line-in and line-out jacks on Port Replicator

Interfaces

Built-In Connectors

Keyboard (PS/2-style connector)

Serial A (RS-232C)

Parallel

Monitor

DC-in

Microphone (stereo)

Headphones (stereo)

Infrared Port

IrDA 1.1

High-Usage Docking Contacts

DC-in

System Interface Connector (Port Replicator)

Floppy Disk Drive

PS/2-style Mouse

Serial B (RS-232C), replaces IrDA

USB (Universal Serial Bus), 2 ports

Audio Line-in

Audio Line-out

(All built-in connectors are also replicated)

Power

Lithium Ion Battery Pack

Autosensing 100-240V, 50/60 Hz AC Adapter

Battery Life

Up to 5 hours (application and display dependent)

Power Management

Save-To-Disk, Suspend and Standby Modes

Intel®/Microsoft® APM 1.2

Overall Dimensions

11.1" x 7.4" x 1.6"

(283mm x 188mm x 41mm)

Weight (with battery pack)

3.9 lbs. (1.8Kg)

Environmental

Temperature

0° to 40° C (32° to 104° F), Operating

(with power management)

-20° to 60° C (-4° to 140° F), Non-operating

Humidity

20% to 85% RH (Non-condensing), Operating

8% to 95% RH (Non-condensing), Non-operating

Altitude

-200ft to 10,000ft (-61m to 3,047m), Operating

40,000ft (12,189m) maximum, Non-operating

Approvals

Emissions

FCC Part 15 Subpart J Class B

CISPR22 Class B (EN55022 Class B)

DOC Class B

Immunity

EN61000-4-2 (ESD, Level A)

ENV50140 (Radiated RF Field, Level A)

CN61000-4-4 (EFT, Level A)

Safety

UL 1950, CSA950, IEC950

Options

Memory Expansion Modules (8 MB, 16 MB, 32 MB)

Port Replicator

External 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive

Keyboard (low-power)

Auto Adapter (12-24 VDC input)

External Battery Charger

Bar Code Reader

Desk Stand

Hand Strap

Stylus Tether

Screen Protector

Slipcase

Harsh Environment Case

Keyboard Combo Case

AC Adapter (spare)

Lithium Ion Battery Pack (spare)

Stylus Kit (spare)

Stylistic 1200 5. Resources

LinuxSlate.Org: Pen Drivers Pen-drivers for XFree86	Ken Seglers' IAppliance BBS BBS for IAppliances (hacks, fixes, source for purchases), has a dedicated section for Stylistic 1200 even.	Stylistic 1200 Infos Pictures and drivers
Handhelds.Org More resources, e.g. hand-writing recognition

                                                                                                                                   

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