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Ultrabay

2005-07-11T08:55:06Z

84.191.136.233: /* Mechanical Characteristics */

{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;" | [[Image:UltraBay.jpg|UltraBay drives]] __NOTOC__
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
=== IBM UltraBay ===
UltraBay is IBM's name for the swapable drive slot. With IBMs words: "The ThinkPad UltraBay, also standard with the system, is an intelligent bay that switches its pinout signals to allow the installation of standard and optional features in what would normally be just the FDD bay." Introduced back in the times of the 770 Thinkpads, this technology has gone through redesigns with almost every new generation of Thinkpad models, possibly leading to some confusion that is hopefully cleared up here. The following table gives an overview of the different UltraBay types, in which models they occurred and what drives are available for them.
Note that the optical drive bay in G series Thinkpads is not an UltraBay in that the drives are fixed and not removable.

On the media side different UltraBays relate to the form factor of the drives they accept, e.g early A, T and X series models can accept UltraBay devices up to 12.5mm in thickness, whereas current T and X series machines are limited to devices no more than 9.5mm thick.
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
|+Overview over UltraBay types and available devices
! UltraBay Type !! featured in !! available drives
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay.png]] UltraBay || {{760C}}, {{760CD}}, {{760E}}, {{760ED}}, {{760EL}}, {{760ELD}}, {{760LD}}, {{760XD}}, {{760XL}}, {{765D}}, {{765L}} || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]]{{footnote|1}} [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], 2.88 MB diskette, PCMCIA Cartridge, IBM Wireless Modem ARDIS, IBM Wireless Modem
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayii.png]] UltraBay II || {{770}}, {{770E}}, {{770ED}}, {{770X}}, {{770Z}}, [[SelectaDock III]] || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayfx.png]] UltraBay FX|| {{390}}, {{390E}}, {{390X}}, {{i1720}}, {{i1721}} || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]]
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultraslimbay.png]] UltraSlimBay || {{600}}, {{600E}}, {{600X}}, [[UltraBase]] || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250, LS-120
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay2000.png]] UltraBay 2000 || {{A20m}}, {{A20p}}, {{A21e}}, {{A21m}}, {{A21p}}, {{A22e}}, {{A22m}}, {{A22p}}, {{A30}}, {{T20}}, {{T21}}, {{T22}}, {{T23}}, [[ThinkPad Dock|Dock]], [[ThinkPad Dock II|Dock II]], [[UltraBase X2]]|| [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250, LS-120, LS-240
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayplus.png]] UltraBay Plus || {{A30}}, {{A30p}}, {{A31}}, {{A31p}}, {{R30}}, {{R31}}, {{R32}}, {{R40}}, {{T23}}, {{T30}}, [[UltraBase X3]] || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250, WorkPad Cradle, Numpad
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayslim.png]] UltraBay Slim || {{T40}}, {{T40p}}, {{T41}}, {{T41p}}, {{T42}}, {{T42p}}, {{T43}}, {{T43p}}, [[UltraBase X4]], [[ThinkPad X4 Dock]] || [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]]
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayenh.png]] UltraBay Enhanced || {{R50}}, {{R50p}}, {{R51}}, {{R52}} || [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]]
|-
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="text-align:center;"
|+Compatibility Matrix (read columns as slots with rows as devices that are compatible)
! Slots<hr />Devices!! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay.png]] UltraBay   !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayii.png]] UltraBay II !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayfx.png]] UltraBay FX !! [[Image:Icon20_ultraslimbay.png]] UltraSlimBay   !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay2000.png]] UltraBay 2000 !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayplus.png]] UltraBay Plus !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayslim.png]] UltraBay Slim !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayenh.png]] UltraBay Enhanced
|-
|'''UltraBay''' || yes || Adapter || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay II''' || - || yes || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay FX''' || - || - || yes || - || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraSlimBay''' || - || - || - || yes || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay 2000''' || - || - || - || - || yes || yes || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay Plus''' || - || - || - || - || - || yes || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay Slim''' || - || - || - || - || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 Adapter] || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 Adapter] || yes || yes
|-
|'''UltraBay Enhanced''' || - || - || - || - || Adapter || Adapter || - || yes
|}

===Characteristics===
*UltraBay: no hot swapping
*UltraBay II: supports hot swapping, blending has cut out egde on the right
*UltraBay FX: the combined floppy drive and CD-ROM, DVD or CDRW mechanism found in the 390/390E/390X
*UltraSlimBay: supports hot swapping; Frame, rectangle like blending
*UltraBay 2000: supports hot swapping; Frame, blending has cut out egde on the right
*UltraBay Plus: same as UltraBay 2000, but can take the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 UltraBay Plus Device Carrier] which in turn can hold the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 UltraBay Plus WorkPad Cradle] or the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 UltraBay Plus Numeric Keypad]
*UltraBay Slim: supports hot swapping; notably thinner than UltraBay 2000, cut out right edge in blending
*UltraBay Enhanced: supports hot swapping; accepts UltraBay Slim devices

==Linux Support==
The pinout switching is done by the BIOS and hardware, so that it is completely transparent to the operating system.
Hence, all IDE drives are supported by the IDE driver in the linux kernel. SCSI emulation is possible. Floppy drives are supported by the standard floppy driver. ZIP drive support is possible through the ide-disk driver. Batteries are BIOS controlled, anyway.

Hotswapping is supposed to be supported as well, using hdparm to (un)register devices. NOTE: This seems to be broken with 2.6 kernels.
If UltraBay Plus devices are supported is not known.

==External Sources==
*[http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50366 IBMs page on using a second hard drive adapter in the Ultrabay 2000 slot under Linux]

{{footnotes|
#CD-ROM not supported in 760C, 760CD, 760L, 760LD
}}

[[Category:Glossary]]

Ultrabay

2005-07-11T08:49:43Z

84.191.136.233:

{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;" | [[Image:UltraBay.jpg|UltraBay drives]] __NOTOC__
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
=== IBM UltraBay ===
UltraBay is IBM's name for the swapable drive slot. With IBMs words: "The ThinkPad UltraBay, also standard with the system, is an intelligent bay that switches its pinout signals to allow the installation of standard and optional features in what would normally be just the FDD bay." Introduced back in the times of the 770 Thinkpads, this technology has gone through redesigns with almost every new generation of Thinkpad models, possibly leading to some confusion that is hopefully cleared up here. The following table gives an overview of the different UltraBay types, in which models they occurred and what drives are available for them.
Note that the optical drive bay in G series Thinkpads is not an UltraBay in that the drives are fixed and not removable.

On the media side different UltraBays relate to the form factor of the drives they accept, e.g early A, T and X series models can accept UltraBay devices up to 12.5mm in thickness, whereas current T and X series machines are limited to devices no more than 9.5mm thick.
</div>
|}
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
|+Overview over UltraBay types and available devices
! UltraBay Type !! featured in !! available drives
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay.png]] UltraBay || {{760C}}, {{760CD}}, {{760E}}, {{760ED}}, {{760EL}}, {{760ELD}}, {{760LD}}, {{760XD}}, {{760XL}}, {{765D}}, {{765L}} || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]]{{footnote|1}} [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], 2.88 MB diskette, PCMCIA Cartridge, IBM Wireless Modem ARDIS, IBM Wireless Modem
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayii.png]] UltraBay II || {{770}}, {{770E}}, {{770ED}}, {{770X}}, {{770Z}}, [[SelectaDock III]] || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayfx.png]] UltraBay FX|| {{390}}, {{390E}}, {{390X}}, {{i1720}}, {{i1721}} || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]]
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultraslimbay.png]] UltraSlimBay || {{600}}, {{600E}}, {{600X}}, [[UltraBase]] || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250, LS-120
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay2000.png]] UltraBay 2000 || {{A20m}}, {{A20p}}, {{A21e}}, {{A21m}}, {{A21p}}, {{A22e}}, {{A22m}}, {{A22p}}, {{A30}}, {{T20}}, {{T21}}, {{T22}}, {{T23}}, [[ThinkPad Dock|Dock]], [[ThinkPad Dock II|Dock II]], [[UltraBase X2]]|| [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250, LS-120, LS-240
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayplus.png]] UltraBay Plus || {{A30}}, {{A30p}}, {{A31}}, {{A31p}}, {{R30}}, {{R31}}, {{R32}}, {{R40}}, {{T23}}, {{T30}}, [[UltraBase X3]] || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250, WorkPad Cradle, Numpad
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayslim.png]] UltraBay Slim || {{T40}}, {{T40p}}, {{T41}}, {{T41p}}, {{T42}}, {{T42p}}, {{T43}}, {{T43p}}, [[UltraBase X4]], [[ThinkPad X4 Dock]] || [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]]
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayenh.png]] UltraBay Enhanced || {{R50}}, {{R50p}}, {{R51}}, {{R52}} || [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]]
|-
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="text-align:center;"
|+Compatibility Matrix (read columns as slots with rows as devices that are compatible)
! Slots<hr />Devices!! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay.png]] UltraBay   !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayii.png]] UltraBay II !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayfx.png]] UltraBay FX !! [[Image:Icon20_ultraslimbay.png]] UltraSlimBay   !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay2000.png]] UltraBay 2000 !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayplus.png]] UltraBay Plus !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayslim.png]] UltraBay Slim !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayenh.png]] UltraBay Enhanced
|-
|'''UltraBay''' || yes || Adapter || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay II''' || - || yes || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay FX''' || - || - || yes || - || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraSlimBay''' || - || - || - || yes || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay 2000''' || - || - || - || - || yes || yes || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay Plus''' || - || - || - || - || - || yes || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay Slim''' || - || - || - || - || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 Adapter] || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 Adapter] || yes || yes
|-
|'''UltraBay Enhanced''' || - || - || - || - || Adapter || Adapter || - || yes
|}

===Mechanical Characteristics===
*UltraBay FX: The combined floppy drive and CD-ROM, DVD or CDRW mechanism found in the 390/390E/390X.
*UltraSlimBay: Frame, rectangle like blending
*UltraBay 2000: Frame, blending has cut out egde on the right
*UltraBay Plus: same as UltraBay 2000, but can take the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 UltraBay Plus Device Carrier] which in turn can hold the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 UltraBay Plus WorkPad Cradle] or the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 UltraBay Plus Numeric Keypad]
*UltraBay Slim: notably thinner than UltraBay 2000, cut out right edge in blending
*UltraBay Enhanced: Accepts UltraBay Slim devices

==Linux Support==
The pinout switching is done by the BIOS and hardware, so that it is completely transparent to the operating system.
Hence, all IDE drives are supported by the IDE driver in the linux kernel. SCSI emulation is possible. Floppy drives are supported by the standard floppy driver. ZIP drive support is possible through the ide-disk driver. Batteries are BIOS controlled, anyway.

Hotswapping is supposed to be supported as well, using hdparm to (un)register devices. NOTE: This seems to be broken with 2.6 kernels.
If UltraBay Plus devices are supported is not known.

==External Sources==
*[http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50366 IBMs page on using a second hard drive adapter in the Ultrabay 2000 slot under Linux]

{{footnotes|
#CD-ROM not supported in 760C, 760CD, 760L, 760LD
}}

[[Category:Glossary]]

Ultrabay

2005-07-11T08:47:33Z

84.191.136.233: /* External Sources */

{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;" | [[Image:UltraBay.jpg|UltraBay drives]] __NOTOC__
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
=== IBM UltraBay ===
UltraBay is IBM's name for the swapable drive slot. With IBMs words: "The ThinkPad UltraBay, also standard with the system, is an intelligent bay that switches its pinout signals to allow the installation of standard and optional features in what would normally be just the FDD bay." Introduced back in the times of the 770 Thinkpads, this technology has gone through redesigns with almost every new generation of Thinkpad models, possibly leading to some confusion that is hopefully cleared up here. The following table gives an overview of the different UltraBay types, in which models they occurred and what drives are available for them.
Note that the optical drive bay in G series Thinkpads is not an UltraBay in that the drives are fixed and not removable.

On the media side different UltraBays relate to the form factor of the drives they accept, e.g early A, T and X series models can accept UltraBay devices up to 12.5mm in thickness, whereas current T and X series machines are limited to devices no more than 9.5mm thick.
</div>
|}
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
|+Overview over UltraBay types and available devices
! UltraBay Type !! featured in !! available drives
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay.png]] UltraBay || {{760C}}, {{760CD}}, {{760E}}, {{760ED}}, {{760EL}}, {{760ELD}}, {{760LD}}, {{760XD}}, {{760XL}}, {{765D}}, {{765L}} || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]]{{footnote|1}} [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], 2.88 MB diskette, PCMCIA Cartridge, IBM Wireless Modem ARDIS, IBM Wireless Modem
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayii.png]] UltraBay II || {{770}}, {{770E}}, {{770ED}}, {{770X}}, {{770Z}}, [[SelectaDock III]] || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayfx.png]] UltraBay FX|| {{390}}, {{390E}}, {{390X}}, {{i1720}}, {{i1721}} || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]]
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultraslimbay.png]] UltraSlimBay || {{600}}, {{600E}}, {{600X}}, [[UltraBase]] || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250, LS-120
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay2000.png]] UltraBay 2000 || {{A20m}}, {{A20p}}, {{A21e}}, {{A21m}}, {{A21p}}, {{A22e}}, {{A22m}}, {{A22p}}, {{A30}}, {{T20}}, {{T21}}, {{T22}}, {{T23}}, [[ThinkPad Dock (Type 2631)|Dock]], [[ThinkPad Dock II|Dock II]], [[UltraBase X2]]|| [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250, LS-120, LS-240
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayplus.png]] UltraBay Plus || {{A30}}, {{A30p}}, {{A31}}, {{A31p}}, {{R30}}, {{R31}}, {{R32}}, {{R40}}, {{T23}}, {{T30}}, [[UltraBase X3]] || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250, WorkPad Cradle, Numpad
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayslim.png]] UltraBay Slim || {{T40}}, {{T40p}}, {{T41}}, {{T41p}}, {{T42}}, {{T42p}}, {{T43}}, {{T43p}}, [[UltraBase X4]], [[ThinkPad X4 Dock]] || [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]]
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayenh.png]] UltraBay Enhanced || {{R50}}, {{R50p}}, {{R51}}, {{R52}} || [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]]
|-
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="text-align:center;"
|+Compatibility Matrix (read columns as slots with rows as devices that are compatible)
! Slots<hr />Devices!! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay.png]] UltraBay   !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayii.png]] UltraBay II !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayfx.png]] UltraBay FX !! [[Image:Icon20_ultraslimbay.png]] UltraSlimBay   !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay2000.png]] UltraBay 2000 !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayplus.png]] UltraBay Plus !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayslim.png]] UltraBay Slim !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayenh.png]] UltraBay Enhanced
|-
|'''UltraBay''' || yes || Adapter || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay II''' || - || yes || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay FX''' || - || - || yes || - || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraSlimBay''' || - || - || - || yes || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay 2000''' || - || - || - || - || yes || yes || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay Plus''' || - || - || - || - || - || yes || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay Slim''' || - || - || - || - || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 Adapter] || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 Adapter] || yes || yes
|-
|'''UltraBay Enhanced''' || - || - || - || - || Adapter || Adapter || - || yes
|}

===Mechanical Characteristics===
*UltraBay FX: The combined floppy drive and CD-ROM, DVD or CDRW mechanism found in the 390/390E/390X.
*UltraSlimBay: Frame, rectangle like blending
*UltraBay 2000: Frame, blending has cut out egde on the right
*UltraBay Plus: same as UltraBay 2000, but can take the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 UltraBay Plus Device Carrier] which in turn can hold the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 UltraBay Plus WorkPad Cradle] or the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 UltraBay Plus Numeric Keypad]
*UltraBay Slim: notably thinner than UltraBay 2000, cut out right edge in blending
*UltraBay Enhanced: Accepts UltraBay Slim devices

==Linux Support==
The pinout switching is done by the BIOS and hardware, so that it is completely transparent to the operating system.
Hence, all IDE drives are supported by the IDE driver in the linux kernel. SCSI emulation is possible. Floppy drives are supported by the standard floppy driver. ZIP drive support is possible through the ide-disk driver. Batteries are BIOS controlled, anyway.

Hotswapping is supposed to be supported as well, using hdparm to (un)register devices. NOTE: This seems to be broken with 2.6 kernels.
If UltraBay Plus devices are supported is not known.

==External Sources==
*[http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50366 IBMs page on using a second hard drive adapter in the Ultrabay 2000 slot under Linux]

{{footnotes|
#CD-ROM not supported in 760C, 760CD, 760L, 760LD
}}

[[Category:Glossary]]

Ultrabay

2005-07-11T08:47:16Z

84.191.136.233: /* External Sources */

{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;" | [[Image:UltraBay.jpg|UltraBay drives]] __NOTOC__
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
=== IBM UltraBay ===
UltraBay is IBM's name for the swapable drive slot. With IBMs words: "The ThinkPad UltraBay, also standard with the system, is an intelligent bay that switches its pinout signals to allow the installation of standard and optional features in what would normally be just the FDD bay." Introduced back in the times of the 770 Thinkpads, this technology has gone through redesigns with almost every new generation of Thinkpad models, possibly leading to some confusion that is hopefully cleared up here. The following table gives an overview of the different UltraBay types, in which models they occurred and what drives are available for them.
Note that the optical drive bay in G series Thinkpads is not an UltraBay in that the drives are fixed and not removable.

On the media side different UltraBays relate to the form factor of the drives they accept, e.g early A, T and X series models can accept UltraBay devices up to 12.5mm in thickness, whereas current T and X series machines are limited to devices no more than 9.5mm thick.
</div>
|}
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
|+Overview over UltraBay types and available devices
! UltraBay Type !! featured in !! available drives
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay.png]] UltraBay || {{760C}}, {{760CD}}, {{760E}}, {{760ED}}, {{760EL}}, {{760ELD}}, {{760LD}}, {{760XD}}, {{760XL}}, {{765D}}, {{765L}} || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]]{{footnote|1}} [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], 2.88 MB diskette, PCMCIA Cartridge, IBM Wireless Modem ARDIS, IBM Wireless Modem
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayii.png]] UltraBay II || {{770}}, {{770E}}, {{770ED}}, {{770X}}, {{770Z}}, [[SelectaDock III]] || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayfx.png]] UltraBay FX|| {{390}}, {{390E}}, {{390X}}, {{i1720}}, {{i1721}} || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]]
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultraslimbay.png]] UltraSlimBay || {{600}}, {{600E}}, {{600X}}, [[UltraBase]] || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250, LS-120
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay2000.png]] UltraBay 2000 || {{A20m}}, {{A20p}}, {{A21e}}, {{A21m}}, {{A21p}}, {{A22e}}, {{A22m}}, {{A22p}}, {{A30}}, {{T20}}, {{T21}}, {{T22}}, {{T23}}, [[ThinkPad Dock (Type 2631)|Dock]], [[ThinkPad Dock II|Dock II]], [[UltraBase X2]]|| [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250, LS-120, LS-240
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayplus.png]] UltraBay Plus || {{A30}}, {{A30p}}, {{A31}}, {{A31p}}, {{R30}}, {{R31}}, {{R32}}, {{R40}}, {{T23}}, {{T30}}, [[UltraBase X3]] || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250, WorkPad Cradle, Numpad
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayslim.png]] UltraBay Slim || {{T40}}, {{T40p}}, {{T41}}, {{T41p}}, {{T42}}, {{T42p}}, {{T43}}, {{T43p}}, [[UltraBase X4]], [[ThinkPad X4 Dock]] || [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]]
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayenh.png]] UltraBay Enhanced || {{R50}}, {{R50p}}, {{R51}}, {{R52}} || [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]]
|-
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="text-align:center;"
|+Compatibility Matrix (read columns as slots with rows as devices that are compatible)
! Slots<hr />Devices!! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay.png]] UltraBay   !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayii.png]] UltraBay II !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayfx.png]] UltraBay FX !! [[Image:Icon20_ultraslimbay.png]] UltraSlimBay   !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay2000.png]] UltraBay 2000 !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayplus.png]] UltraBay Plus !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayslim.png]] UltraBay Slim !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayenh.png]] UltraBay Enhanced
|-
|'''UltraBay''' || yes || Adapter || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay II''' || - || yes || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay FX''' || - || - || yes || - || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraSlimBay''' || - || - || - || yes || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay 2000''' || - || - || - || - || yes || yes || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay Plus''' || - || - || - || - || - || yes || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay Slim''' || - || - || - || - || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 Adapter] || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 Adapter] || yes || yes
|-
|'''UltraBay Enhanced''' || - || - || - || - || Adapter || Adapter || - || yes
|}

===Mechanical Characteristics===
*UltraBay FX: The combined floppy drive and CD-ROM, DVD or CDRW mechanism found in the 390/390E/390X.
*UltraSlimBay: Frame, rectangle like blending
*UltraBay 2000: Frame, blending has cut out egde on the right
*UltraBay Plus: same as UltraBay 2000, but can take the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 UltraBay Plus Device Carrier] which in turn can hold the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 UltraBay Plus WorkPad Cradle] or the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 UltraBay Plus Numeric Keypad]
*UltraBay Slim: notably thinner than UltraBay 2000, cut out right edge in blending
*UltraBay Enhanced: Accepts UltraBay Slim devices

==Linux Support==
The pinout switching is done by the BIOS and hardware, so that it is completely transparent to the operating system.
Hence, all IDE drives are supported by the IDE driver in the linux kernel. SCSI emulation is possible. Floppy drives are supported by the standard floppy driver. ZIP drive support is possible through the ide-disk driver. Batteries are BIOS controlled, anyway.

Hotswapping is supposed to be supported as well, using hdparm to (un)register devices. NOTE: This seems to be broken with 2.6 kernels.
If UltraBay Plus devices are supported is not known.

==External Sources==
*[http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50366 IBMs page on using a second hard drive adapter in the Ultrabay 2000 slot under Linux]

{{footnotes|
#not supported in 760C, 760CD, 760L, 760LD
}}

[[Category:Glossary]]

Ultrabay

2005-07-11T08:46:07Z

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{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;" | [[Image:UltraBay.jpg|UltraBay drives]] __NOTOC__
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
=== IBM UltraBay ===
UltraBay is IBM's name for the swapable drive slot. With IBMs words: "The ThinkPad UltraBay, also standard with the system, is an intelligent bay that switches its pinout signals to allow the installation of standard and optional features in what would normally be just the FDD bay." Introduced back in the times of the 770 Thinkpads, this technology has gone through redesigns with almost every new generation of Thinkpad models, possibly leading to some confusion that is hopefully cleared up here. The following table gives an overview of the different UltraBay types, in which models they occurred and what drives are available for them.
Note that the optical drive bay in G series Thinkpads is not an UltraBay in that the drives are fixed and not removable.

On the media side different UltraBays relate to the form factor of the drives they accept, e.g early A, T and X series models can accept UltraBay devices up to 12.5mm in thickness, whereas current T and X series machines are limited to devices no more than 9.5mm thick.
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
|+Overview over UltraBay types and available devices
! UltraBay Type !! featured in !! available drives
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay.png]] UltraBay || {{760C}}, {{760CD}}, {{760E}}, {{760ED}}, {{760EL}}, {{760ELD}}, {{760LD}}, {{760XD}}, {{760XL}}, {{765D}}, {{765L}} || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]]{{footnote|1}} [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], 2.88 MB diskette, PCMCIA Cartridge, IBM Wireless Modem ARDIS, IBM Wireless Modem
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayii.png]] UltraBay II || {{770}}, {{770E}}, {{770ED}}, {{770X}}, {{770Z}}, [[SelectaDock III]] || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayfx.png]] UltraBay FX|| {{390}}, {{390E}}, {{390X}}, {{i1720}}, {{i1721}} || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]]
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultraslimbay.png]] UltraSlimBay || {{600}}, {{600E}}, {{600X}}, [[UltraBase]] || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250, LS-120
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay2000.png]] UltraBay 2000 || {{A20m}}, {{A20p}}, {{A21e}}, {{A21m}}, {{A21p}}, {{A22e}}, {{A22m}}, {{A22p}}, {{A30}}, {{T20}}, {{T21}}, {{T22}}, {{T23}}, [[ThinkPad Dock (Type 2631)|Dock]], [[ThinkPad Dock II|Dock II]], [[UltraBase X2]]|| [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250, LS-120, LS-240
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayplus.png]] UltraBay Plus || {{A30}}, {{A30p}}, {{A31}}, {{A31p}}, {{R30}}, {{R31}}, {{R32}}, {{R40}}, {{T23}}, {{T30}}, [[UltraBase X3]] || [[Image:Icon20_floppy.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrom.png]] [[Image:Icon20_cdrw.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]], ZIP-100, ZIP-250, WorkPad Cradle, Numpad
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayslim.png]] UltraBay Slim || {{T40}}, {{T40p}}, {{T41}}, {{T41p}}, {{T42}}, {{T42p}}, {{T43}}, {{T43p}}, [[UltraBase X4]], [[ThinkPad X4 Dock]] || [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]]
|-
| [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayenh.png]] UltraBay Enhanced || {{R50}}, {{R50p}}, {{R51}}, {{R52}} || [[Image:Icon20_multiburner.png]] [[Image:Icon20_combo.png]] [[Image:Icon20_dvd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_hdd.png]] [[Image:Icon20_battery.png]]
|-
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="text-align:center;"
|+Compatibility Matrix (read columns as slots with rows as devices that are compatible)
! Slots<hr />Devices!! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay.png]] UltraBay   !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayii.png]] UltraBay II !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayfx.png]] UltraBay FX !! [[Image:Icon20_ultraslimbay.png]] UltraSlimBay   !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabay2000.png]] UltraBay 2000 !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayplus.png]] UltraBay Plus !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayslim.png]] UltraBay Slim !! [[Image:Icon20_ultrabayenh.png]] UltraBay Enhanced
|-
|'''UltraBay''' || yes || Adapter || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay II''' || - || yes || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay FX''' || - || - || yes || - || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraSlimBay''' || - || - || - || yes || - || - || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay 2000''' || - || - || - || - || yes || yes || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay Plus''' || - || - || - || - || - || yes || - || -
|-
|'''UltraBay Slim''' || - || - || - || - || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 Adapter] || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 Adapter] || yes || yes
|-
|'''UltraBay Enhanced''' || - || - || - || - || Adapter || Adapter || - || yes
|}

===Mechanical Characteristics===
*UltraBay FX: The combined floppy drive and CD-ROM, DVD or CDRW mechanism found in the 390/390E/390X.
*UltraSlimBay: Frame, rectangle like blending
*UltraBay 2000: Frame, blending has cut out egde on the right
*UltraBay Plus: same as UltraBay 2000, but can take the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 UltraBay Plus Device Carrier] which in turn can hold the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 UltraBay Plus WorkPad Cradle] or the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46440 UltraBay Plus Numeric Keypad]
*UltraBay Slim: notably thinner than UltraBay 2000, cut out right edge in blending
*UltraBay Enhanced: Accepts UltraBay Slim devices

==Linux Support==
The pinout switching is done by the BIOS and hardware, so that it is completely transparent to the operating system.
Hence, all IDE drives are supported by the IDE driver in the linux kernel. SCSI emulation is possible. Floppy drives are supported by the standard floppy driver. ZIP drive support is possible through the ide-disk driver. Batteries are BIOS controlled, anyway.

Hotswapping is supposed to be supported as well, using hdparm to (un)register devices. NOTE: This seems to be broken with 2.6 kernels.
If UltraBay Plus devices are supported is not known.

==External Sources==
*[http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50366 IBMs page on using a second hard drive adapter in the Ultrabay 2000 slot under Linux]

{{footnotes|
#not supported in {{760C}}, {{760CD}}, {{760L}}, {{760LD}}
}}

[[Category:Glossary]]

Easy Launch Buttons

2005-07-11T08:09:56Z

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|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;" |
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
Most of the i Series ThinkPads featured colorful programmable application launch buttons. They were placed on the upper left edge of the keyboard, where the volume buttons can be found on other ThinkPads.

The same keys were featured again on the {{S30}} and {{S31}} models.

Depending on the model, there were three or four keys and their color codes were not consistent with their labelling:
{| style="background-color:#F8F8FF;"
! models with three keys          !! models with four keys
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:30px;" |
*{{ibmkey|Home|#dd3123}}
*{{ibmkey|Search|#007f39}}
*{{ibmkey|Mail|#6778b0}}
||
*{{ibmkey|Home|#dd3123}}
*{{ibmkey|Search|#007f39}}
*{{ibmkey|Office/Shopping|#6778B0}}
*{{ibmkey|Mail|#e99900}}
|}
</div>
|}
__NOTOC__
== Linux support ==
It seems like no one ever brought this to work.

People were trying to get the specs from IBM, but the OEM producing these controls (ACER?) refused.

If the buttons really were produced by ACER, [http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~tauber/acerhk/ this driver] may help.

==Models featuring this Technology==
===featuring three buttons===
*ThinkPad {{I1200}}, {{I1210}}, {{I1230}}, {{I1250}}, {{I1260}}
*ThinkPad {{I1300}}, {{I1330}}, {{I1370}}
*ThinkPad {{i1620}}
*ThinkPad {{i1800}}
*ThinkPad {{S30}}, {{S31}}
===featuring four buttons===
*ThinkPad {{I1410}}, {{I1411}}, {{I1412}}, {{I1420}}, {{I1421}}, {{I1422}}, {{I1441}}, {{I1442}}, {{I1450}}, {{I1451}}, {{I1452}}, {{I1460}}, {{I1472}}, {{I1480}}, {{I1482}}, {{I1483}}, {{I1492}}
*ThinkPad {{I1512}}, {{I1540}}, {{I1541}}, {{I1542}}, {{I1552}}, {{I1560}}, {{I1562}}, {{I1592}}

[[Category:Glossary]]

Easy Launch Buttons

2005-07-11T07:35:43Z

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