PowerBook 190 Developer Note

The Developer Note: Macintosh PowerBook 190 Computer is Apple's hardware and software description of the PowerBook 190 and 190cs for developers, published by Developer Press in 1995. The hosted copy has 204 pages. Page numbers below are PDF pages; the printed page number is the PDF page minus 16.

Contents

Chapter	Starts on PDF page
1 Introduction: features, appearance, configurations, compatibility	17
2 Architecture	25
3 I/O Features	33
4 Expansion Modules	47
5 Software Features	77
6 Large Volume Support	85
7 Software for ATA Devices	95
8 PC Card Services	159
Index	199

What it settles

• The 190's 68LC040 runs at 66 MHz internally on a 33 MHz bus, and the machine can be upgraded to a PowerPC 603 by replacing the logic board (p. 18).
• Built-in RAM is 4 or 8 MB, with up to 32 MB on a card for 40 MB in all (p. 18).
• The note gives the colour 190cs a 16.8 V lithium-ion battery and the greyscale 190 a NiMH battery (pp. 18-19). Apple's Service Source lists NiMH for every 190 and 5300 model, and Macworld reported in December 1995 that NiMH packs were already in production for the 190; see PowerBook 190.

What this note does not contain

• No schematics, no parts list and no service procedures; see PowerBook 190 and 5300 Series Service Source.
• Its own sound descriptions disagree: the feature list gives only a stereo output jack, while the back-view drawing and the sound section mention an input jack (pp. 18-19 and chapter 3).

Pages that cite this document

• PowerBook 190

Download: PowerBook 190 Developer Note (1995).pdf (1.0 MB)