6386E front display and slot

[Jim Gottlieb]

We have several AT&T 6386E (Olivetti M380) floor-stand computers.  Two
questions:

1)	Is it possible to access the front display to use it for our
	own status messages?  If so, how?

2)	The card that drives this display plugs into the front-most 
	slot.  I asked the hotline if that slot can be used for regular
	cards instead (we can always use extra slots).  He said that
	the slot is listed as a "modified 16-bit slot" but he did not
	know what that meant.  Does anyone know if this slot can be
	used for normal boards?

Thank you...