Gateway Solo 2500 User manual
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Specifications for Gateway Solo™
2500 Multimedia Notebook
(Specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation.)
Processor options
300PE/333/366 MHz Mobile Pentium® II
processor with 256K on-die L2 cache, or 266/300
MHz Mobile Intel®Celeron™ processor with 128K
on-die L2 cache
System clock frequency: 60/66 MHz
BIOS: Phoenix Plug and Play NoteBIOS with ACPI
1.0 support, SMBIOS 2.1, 512K Flash ROM
System Memory
Mainmemory:TwoSO-DIMMsockets,expandable
upto 160MB; accepts SDRAMmodules;16,32,or
64 MB; one or two modules of these capacities can
be installed
TFT panels have 32 MB RAM onboard with 2
additional RAM slots
HPA has no on-board memory; upgradable to
128 MB RAM max.
LCD Panel
Size: 13.3 inch TFT XGA, Resolution: 1024 X 768,
Color Depth: 65,536 colors (16-bit),12.1 inch TFT
SVGA or 12.1 inch HPA SVGA; Resolution: 800 x
600; Color Depth: 262,000 colors (18-bit)
Video
NeoMagic NM2160 High Performance Multimedia
Flat Panel/CRT GUI Accelerator with 2 MB
integrated RAM; Interface: 32-bit burst mode PCI
bus with 128-bit memory interface
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Video (cont.)
External video: Supports simultaneous LCD/
External monitor; variable sync for compatibility
with a wide range of monitors
Composite video output: Supports NTSC/PAL
standards for composite video connection to
standard TV monitors with RCA video input
connector
External resolutions/color depth: 640 x 480 at 16
million colors, 800 x 600 at 16 million colors, 1024
x 768 at 65,536 colors
Zoomed video: PC Card connection to Zoomed
Video port in either PC slot
I/O
Keyboard: 19 x 19 mm keys with 3 mm travel;
Windows 95 keys; US, UK, German, French,
Japanese available (International keyboards not
available in the US)
Pointing device: EZ Pad®or EZ Point®pointing
device
External ports: Two USB ports, FIR, serial
(16550A-compatible), parallel (bi-directional, EPP,
ECP), NTSC/PAL video out, PS/2 keyboard or
mouse, DC input, docking connector, PC Card
Type III or two Type I or II card socket, line in, mic,
headphone out, VGA external monitor
PC Card controller: TI-1220 with Zoomed Video
support in either slot and 32-bit Cardbus support;
on the PCI bus
Power
Battery: Intelligent 75.0 Watthour 12-cell Li-Ion or
35 Watthour 8-cell NiMH
Battery life (Li-Ion 12 cell): approximately
4.5 hours* (depends on application); (NiMH8 cell):
depends on application
Charge time (Li-Ion 12 cell): approximately
3.5 hours with system off or in suspend; (NiMH 8
cell): 2 hours with system off or in suspend, 5-8
hours with system on
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Specifications for Gateway Solo™ 2500 Multimedia Notebook 3
Power (con’t.)
Internal bridge battery: Maintains memory in
suspend mode for about ten minutes when
swapping batteries.
Power management: Suspend mode lasts for
about one week with a fully charged battery.
AC adapter: 19 VDC, 50 W output; automatic
voltage adjustment between 100 and 240 VAC
*As reported by Key Labs using Ziff-Davis Battery Mark 2.0
battery life benchmark. Battery life varies depending on
configuration, power management settings, and features used.
Storage
Hard disk: Removable; accepts 2.5-inch,
12.7 mm hard disk drive; 2.1 GB, 3.0 GB, and
4.0 GB capacities available
Hard disk controller: Two independent bus
mastering Enhanced IDE channels on PCI bus;
support PIO and Bus Master DMA transfers up to
16.6MB/secandBusMasterUltraATAtransfersup
to 33 MB/sec
CD-ROM (optional): Panasonic UJDA 100,
constant angular velocity max 20x, min 8x, EIDE
interface; Full stroke access time, 150 ms (at 20x
speed); 128k data buffer; CD enhanced
compatible; modular
Sound
NeoMagic NMA 2; 16 bit stereo audio, built-in
OPL3 (FM synthesiser), built-in 3D enhanced
controller; full duplex operation with two DMA
channels; supports Sound Blaster and Sound
Blaster Pro Game playback compatibility
Volume control: Rotary hardware control on side of
unit.
Speakers: Stereo speakers built into palm-rest
Microphone: omni-directionalmicrophonebuilt into
top panel above keyboard
Connectors: microphone, line in, headphone out
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Sound (cont.)
Compression: ADPCM, ESPCM compression
available for lower bit rates
MIDI in/out: Available through Solo Docking Station
options
Docking solutions
Solo mini-docking station:
One serial, one IR, one parallel, VGA output,
AC-in, line in, microphone in, headphones/
speakers out, PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, game/
MIDI port, one PCMCIA type III or two type II
Cold, warm, and hot docking supported in
Windows®95
Cold docking supported in Windows®NT
Physical Specs
System unit weight: 12.1-inch, 6 lbs., 14.4 oz.;
13.3-inch, 7 lbs., 2.6 oz.
AC adapter weight: 14.6 ounces (415g)
Dimensions: 295 (W) x 237 (D) x 48.2 (H) mm
Environmental
Tolerances Temperature: 0° to 35° C operating, -25° to 60°C
storage
Humidity: 20% to 80% RH, operating, 15% to 98%
RH, storage; no condensation
Vibration (operating): 5 to 500 Hz, 0.5 G
acceleration,
1 oct/min., 15 min dwell at all resonance points
Vibration (non-operating): 5 to 500 Hz,
PSD 0.015G2/Hz, 2.16Grms, 200 to 500 Hz,
-6dB/octave on 3 axis, 2 hours/axis
MAN SYS US SL25 SPEC UPD R1 1/99
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