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Title: The NEC Ultralite Versa
Entry Number: 1477
Expiration of Certification: April 2 1995
Last Updated: <<Date July 21 1995>>

Product Vendor: 
NEC Technologies, Inc.
1414 Massachusetts Ave
Boxborough MA 01719
USA

+1 (800) 632 4636 USA toll-free phone - sales and information
+1 (800) 366 0476 USA toll-free faxback system
+1 (800) 388 8888 USA toll-free phone - support
+1 (508) 264 8000 international phone
+1 (508) 635 4706 bulletin board system
WWW: http://www.nec.com/

Keywords: NEC, Versa, Portable, Ultralite, Laptop, PCMCIA

Usage Commentary:
The NEC Ultralite Versa laptop provides integrated VGA with 640 x 480 2-bit grayscale under NEXTSTEP.

Setup and Installation:
NEXTSTEP Releases 3.1 and 3.2 were successfully installed onto an NEC Ultralite Versa with the configuration outlined below. This information may be used as a troubleshooting aid by comparing your configuration settings to those that are known to work.

Configuration Settings
Auto Setup Summary
	Main
		System RAM:					12.00 MB

		Current Extended RAM:		11.00 MB
		Previous Extended RAM:		11.00 MB

		Power Management:			High

		Diskette Drive A:			1.44 MB - 3.5"
		Diskette Drive B:			Not Installed

		Hard Disk Drive 1:			BIOS Defined Type 32
		Hard Disk Drive 2:			Not Installed
		
	Communications Settings
		Serial Port:				3F8h - 3FFh / IRQ4
		Parallel Port:				378h - 37Fh / IRQ7
		Parallel Port Mode:		Enhanced

	Disk Drive Settings
		Diskette Drive A:			1.44 MB - 3.5"
		Diskette Drive B:			Not Installed

		Hard Disk Drive 1:			BIOS Defined Type 32
		Hard Disk Drive 2:			Not Installed
		IDE Hard Disk Interface:	Internal Only
		Diskette Boot:				Enable
		PCMCIA Boot:				Disable

	Keyboard Settings
		Typematic Rate:			Maximum
		NumLock Boot Status:		NumLock Off
		System Password:			Disable

	Power Management Options
		Power Management:			High
		System Suspend Mode:		Suspend / Resume
		Automatic Save to Disk:	Disable
		Slow CPU Speed when Idle:	Enable
		Backlight:					Standard
		Suspend Warning Tone:		Enable
		Resume on Serial Port Ring:Enable
		Resume on Time of Day:		Disable

	System Options
		Quick Boot:					Enable
		Cache Controller:			Enable

Known Problems:
·	During installation, you must eject the NEXTSTEP boot floppy after the kernel has been loaded (you'll see the screen refresh at this point, and afterwards you'll start to see messages describing the various probes the kernel is performing).  The system will hang If you haven't ejected the floppy disk by the time the floppy drive is probed.

·	You should activate the keyboard at the "boot:" prompt by pressing the Enter key.  Failing to do so may result in boot problems. 

·	Sleep mode may affect the system clock (date/time).

·	Some older Ultralite Versas do not recognize all of the memory in memory cards larger than 8MB.  This can be fixed by downloading a new version of the BIOS from the NEC BBS.  Call NEC technical support or read the Versa user's guide for more detailed information.