Appendix A. System Resources

The following summarizes the available system resources for the computer and docking stations. Values in parentheses are alternative values that are selectable in the ThinkPad Configuration program or application programs. The default values are highlighted.

System

 

 

 

IRQ

 

I/O

Address

 

Memory

DMA

 

 

 

Resource

 

 

 

 

 

(Hex)

 

Address (Hex)

Channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Timer

 

 

 

0

 

0040–0043

 

None

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keyboard

 

 

1

 

0060

and

0064

None

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial

port

 

 

Disabled

 

Disabled

 

None

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

03F8–03FF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

02F8–02FF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

03E8–03EF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

02E8–02EF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parallel

port

 

7

 

03BC–03BE

 

None

0,

1,

3,

 

 

 

 

 

 

(and

 

 

or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07BC–07BE

)

 

disabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

0378–037F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0778–077A )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

0278–027F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0678–067A )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disabled

Disabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Infrared

port 4 , 3,

or

03F8–03FF

,

None

0

and

3

 

 

 

 

 

disabled

02F8–02FF,

 

 

or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

02E8–02EF,

or

 

disabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

03E8–03EF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diskette

 

 

6

 

03F0–03F7

 

None

2

 

 

 

controller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video

 

 

 

None

 

03BA,

 

A0000–BFFFF

None

 

 

controller

 

 

 

 

03B4–03B5,

and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03C0–03CF,

 

C0000–C9FFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03D4–03D5,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03D8–03D9,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03DA,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2100–21FF,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2200–2203,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2300–2323

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sound Blaster

None

 

0220–022F

,

None

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0240–024F,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0260–0273,

or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0280–0293

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copyright

IBM

Corp.

1998

 

 

 

 

 

 

A-1

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