Intermec 6100 Reference Guide
SECTION 1
Getting Started
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6100 Computer Programmer’s Reference Guide
Input, Output, and Storage Devices More Varied
PC Card
Two PC Card type II slots, or one type III slots are available. These slots are for
nonĆvolatile SRAM, flash or hard disk data storage, radio or land modems, or
other devices. System resources, which are available to the applications, may
also store on the flash drive.
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NOTE:
Throughout this publication, cards that conform to the PC Card interface standard (the new
standard), or the PCMCIA interface standard (the old standard), are commonly referred to
as: “PC Card”, or “PC Card xxxxx” (where xxxxx consists of “ modem”, “drive”, or other de-
vice type). This is done because PC Card is rapidly becoming the accepted industry term for
a storage medium that conforms to one of these standards.
standard), or the PCMCIA interface standard (the old standard), are commonly referred to
as: “PC Card”, or “PC Card xxxxx” (where xxxxx consists of “ modem”, “drive”, or other de-
vice type). This is done because PC Card is rapidly becoming the accepted industry term for
a storage medium that conforms to one of these standards.
Surface and Pin Connections
These connections support battery charge, printers, scanners, and other periphĆ
erals.
Infrared Printing
IrDA printing is also available.
Serial Data Communications
Communications takes place through standard UART ports.
Keep the System Environment in Mind
The 6100 system environment should be kept in mind, while writing applications
for it. The 6100 Computer has no external keyboard port, uses a flash memory
file system, and has a builtĆin VGA viewing screen.
Applications programmers need to remember the constraints listed previously,
Applications programmers need to remember the constraints listed previously,
and the flash file system is usually kept writeĆprotected, to prevent overwriting.
The Hardware Ports
For information relating to the communication ports, addresses, IRQs, and deĆ
vices supported for these ports, refer to the Reference, System Information section
of this publication.
Tool Kit for the 6100 Computer
The file complement in the Tool Kit for the 6100 Computer differs from one
release to the next. For an accurate list of Tool Kit files, refer to the
RELNOTES.TXT file, included in the Tool Kit distribution package.
The Tool Kit contains DOS and Windows resources for configuration, power manĆ
The Tool Kit contains DOS and Windows resources for configuration, power manĆ
agement, communications, and peripherals. Tool Kits are available, as follows:
Part Number (P/N)
Description
215-598-001
6100 DOS (only) Tool Kit, WITH manual
215-597-001
6100 DOS (only) Tool Kit, WITHOUT manual
215-600-001
6100 DOS and Windows Tool Kit, WITH manual
215-599-001
6100 DOS and Windows Tool Kit, WITHOUT manual
1. Getting Started