Texas Instruments TravelMate 2000 - Manual (Page 86)

Guidelines for Installing Applications
Communication Ports
The serial port is Port 1 (default) and the optional Internal Modem, if installed, is Port 2 (default). When
installing an application program requiring communication support, select Port 1 or Port 2, as appropriate.
You can change these values on the Hardware Installation screen (described in Chapter 4).
Processing Speed
Some application programs do not execute at the high speed (12 MHz) on the computer. Check the program
documentation for the required processing speed and change the speed if necessary in one of the following
ways.
‰
On the Set Up screen
‰
By pressing Ctrl-Alt-
↑↑
or Ctrl-Alt-
↓↓
when the Speed Key is enabled on the Set Up screen
‰
With the Laptop Manager menu configuration process (described in the BatteryPro and
Productivity Software User’s Manual).
If you use the Laptop Manager feature to load your application programs, you do not need to change the
system setup procedure each time you load a different application program that requires a different
processing speed.
Memory
The standard TravelMate 2000 has 1 M byte of memory 640 K byte system memory plus 384 K byte
extended/expanded memory. You can add 1 or 2 M bytes of additional optional memory to your TravelMate
2000 that can be configured either as extended memory or LIM EMS memory. See Appendix H for details on
memory options for your TravelMate 2000.
5-6 Application Programs