The Right Side Of The Notebook; Built-In Floppy Disk Drive; Pcmcia Slot Compartment; Inserting A Pcmcia Card - NEC Versa 2400 Series Service Manual

1-8 Introduction

The Right Side of the Notebook

This section describes the features on the right side of the NEC Versa 2400 computer.

Built-in Floppy Disk Drive

On the right-front side of the notebook you will find the floppy disk drive which supports
3.5-inch 1.44MB high density (HD) diskettes or 720KB double-sided (DS) diskettes. Insert
the floppy diskette with the metal shutter towards the drive and the diskette label facing up.
To remove the floppy diskette, you press the eject button found on the upper right of the
floppy disk drive.

PCMCIA Slot Compartment

The PCMCIA slot compartment houses two card slots that support two PCMCIA Type II
devices or one Type III device. Open the compartment door to view the PCMCIA slots. In-
sert Type III cards into the lower slot. Insert the card with the pin sockets facing towards
the drive and the label facing up. To remove the PCMCIA card, push on the eject button to
release the pin connections and slowly pull out the card.
The NEC Versa 2400 Series also comes with DOS/Windows PCMCIA drivers for support-
ing various PCMCIA cards like modem cards, network cards, and other I/O and memory
cards. The LED Status Bar, likewise, provides lights to indicate when the computer is ac-
cessing the inserted PCMCIA cards. The upper PCMCIA slot is referred to "Slot 0" while
the bottom slot is referred to as "Slot 1". Slot 0 always takes precedence over Slot 1 in
drive designations.
Figure 1-6 Inserting a PCMCIA Card