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> Message from Steven
> ===================
> 
> Yes, the PCMCIA port is behind the trackball port;
> however, between the the trackball port and PCMCIA
> port there should be two PS/2 ports.  Look carefully
> at the right edge of the trackball port.  There 
> should be a plastic tab.  Slide the tab to the left 
> so that it covers the trackball port.  That should
> uncover the PS/2 ports (which are behind a little
> door immediately behind the trackball port).


OK, this machine is slightly different from the
one you have. I see the PS/2 ports now -- they're
on the back (not the right side), behind a door
which also covers the parallel, serial, and video
ports.

 
> > which has an old modem card plugged in
> (but without the dongle on the end). 
> 
> Have you looked at the card closely?  Some Toshiba 
> 486 laptops had external memory slots with memory 
> cards that looked like PCMCIA cards.


Yes, i pulled it out. It's a 33.6 modem, but
without the dongle, there's no way to connect.
I'm never going to use dial-up again anyway,
unless there is no other alternative.

 
> > Behind that, at the rear of the right side, is
> > an empty hole which also has a pcmcia connector
> > at the back, but it's double-card height, with
> > only one connector at the bottom. 
> 
> If you have two separate holes, then one is probably
> PCMCIA and the other is for Toshiba memory
> expansion.


There's another little door on the left side,
just above the mic and earphone ports, and there's
a white card in there that i would have to pry
out somehow to see what it is. That's probably
the memory expansion.


> > I have a Kingston Datapak 340 (MB) hard-drive
> > on a pcmcia card. I tried plugging it in to
> > that port, and BL did see it there. 
> 
> Did you get two high beeps?
> 
> > Unfortunately i don't have a driver for it, so i 
> > couldn't mount it. 
> 
> If you got two high beeps, then BL3 can probably 
> mount it (assuming your Datapak is IDE).

It is IDE, and BL recognized it as such.
But i think i got a low beep instead of
2 high beeps, and there was an error message
saying that it was unavailable.

I'll have to try it again and post the boot
message that it gives me. I didn't get the
message that you posted.


-monz