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--- toshiba_t-series_support:toshiba_t3200sxc [2019-03-24 03:24]
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+++ toshiba_t-series_support:toshiba_t3200sxc [2020-08-15 21:59]
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 ===== System Expansion =====
 ==== Hard disk ====
-Toshiba T3200SXC came with either a 40 MB hard drive, or an 120 MB hard drive. The system has a standard IDE interface to connect to the supplied Conner CP hard disk. Most Toshiba T3200SX(C) computers certain newer BIOS versions are locked to specific hard disk part numbers, so you cannot upgrade it easily. If you try using a different hard disk, the computer will refuse to detect and use the hard disk, unless it identifies itself with the computer with a part number starting with the letters “CP” which stands for Conner Peripherals. Older BIOSes will allow you to use any hard drive, but will still use the disk settings for the hard drives that were originally supplied with the system. In this case, you can override the settings programmatically, with Anydrive, found under [[Files and Resources]].
+Toshiba T3200SXC came with either a 40 MB hard drive, or an 120 MB hard drive. The system has a standard IDE interface to connect to the supplied Conner CP hard disk. Most (if not all?) Toshiba T3200SXC computers are locked to specific hard disk part numbers, so you cannot upgrade it easily. If you try using a different hard disk, the computer will refuse to detect and use the hard disk, unless the hard disk identifies itself with a part number starting with “CP” which stands for Conner Peripherals. Older BIOSes will allow you to use any hard drive, but will still use the disk settings for the hard drives that were originally supplied with the system. In this case, you can override the settings with Anydrive, found under [[Files and Resources]].
-If you have a BIOS chip that doesn't allow for an upgrade, you can program your own BIOS chip with the ROM files supplied below, or contact me and I can program a ROM chip for you for a nominal fee.
+I have received a report that T3200SX ROMs are not compatible with T3200SXC. I don't unfortunately carry any T3200SXC ROM dumps that allow the use of any hard disk, but you can use any XT-IDE adapter in this case, such as the XT-CF-lite from Lo-Tech. TexElec carries these in stock in the US. This card bypasses the built-in IDE controller completely and replace it with a CF card.
 These are the drive configurations supported by all BIOSes:
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-If you're lucky, your computer has the older BIOS, and will ignore the part number and will let you boot from any IDE drive as long as you manually override the BIOS settings in software using ANYDRIVE or any other BIOS overlay software, like OnTrack. However, if you have a newer BIOS, the computer will not detect the drive unless it's made by Conner (it's IDE identifier string must start with the letters "CP").
+If you're lucky, your computer has the older BIOS, and will ignore the part number and will let you boot from any IDE drive as long as you manually override the BIOS settings in software using ANYDRIVE or any other BIOS overlay software, like OnTrack. However, if you have a newer BIOS, the computer will not detect the drive unless it's made by Conner (it's IDE identifier string must start with the letters "CP"). If you have an older BIOS that is not locked to original Conner hard disks, I would like to hear from you! We need a copy of the BIOS ROM so we can make other T3200SXC's capable of using newer hard drives.
-If you're technically skilled, HighTreason has made a tutorial how to flash the BIOS onto an EEPROM. Flashing a compatible BIOS will allow you to boot with any hard disk. Please see [[Files and Resources]] for more information.
 ==== CPU upgrades and overclocking ====
-I've been informed that on the T3200SX it is possible to replace the CPU with a TX486SLC upgrade. The oscillator can be upgraded to 40 MHz giving a 20MHz effective CPU speed.
+I've been informed that on the T3200SX it is possible to replace the CPU with a TX486SLC upgrade. Credits for this discovery go to **mohhingman**. Thank you!
 ==== RAM memory upgrade ====

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