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The '''Developer Note: Macintosh PowerBook 5300 Computer''' is Apple's hardware and software description of the PowerBook 5300/100, 5300cs/100, 5300c/100 and 5300ce/117 for developers, published by Developer Press in 1995. The hosted copy has 244 pages. Page numbers below are PDF pages; the printed page number is the PDF page minus 16.<ref name="dn53">Apple Computer, ''Developer Note: Macintosh PowerBook 5300 Computer'' (Developer Press, 1995), [[:File:PowerBook 5300 Developer Note (1995).pdf]].</ref>

== Contents ==
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| 1 Introduction: features, appearance, configurations, peripheral devices, compatibility || 17
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| 2 Architecture: processor, memory and I/O subsystems and the custom ICs || 25
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| 3 I/O Features: hard disk, floppy and expansion bay devices, trackpad, keyboard, displays, video, serial, SCSI, infrared, sound || 33
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| 4 Expansion Modules: expansion bay modules, RAM expansion card, video card and PC Card slot specifications || 47
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| 5 Software Features || 77
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| 6 Large Volume Support || 91
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| 7 Power Manager Interface || 101
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| 8 Software for ATA Devices || 131
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| 9 PC Card Services || 195
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| Index || 237
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== What it settles ==
* The 5300 was designed around a 16.8 V lithium-ion PowerBook Intelligent Battery with its own processor (chapter 1, p. 19). Production machines shipped with NiMH batteries after Apple's September 1995 recall; see [[PowerBook 5300]].
* The built-in RAM is 8, 16 or 32 MB of self-refreshing DRAM, with up to 56 MB on a card for 64 MB in all (p. 18).
* The internal disk is a 2.5-inch IDE drive of 500 MB to 1.1 GB, and the expansion bay takes a floppy drive, another IDE device or a power device such as an AC adapter (p. 18).

== What this note does not contain ==
* No schematics, no parts list and no service procedures; see [[PowerBook 190 and 5300 Series Service Source]].
* Nothing on the NiMH battery that the 5300 actually shipped with, or on the recall.

== Pages that cite this document ==
* [[PowerBook 5300]], [[PowerBook 5300 General Maintenance]]

<pdf width="800" height="500">File:PowerBook 5300 Developer Note (1995).pdf</pdf>

Download: [[:File:PowerBook 5300 Developer Note (1995).pdf|PowerBook 5300 Developer Note (1995).pdf]] (1.3 MB)

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