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Two-Slot PCMCIA ISA Adapter - Installing under OS/2 Warp 4.0

Applicable to: World-Wide

1. In the systems BIOS ensure that if PCI that the resources C800-CFFF are disabled from use.

2. Install OS/2 Warp 4.0 with hardware detection.

3. Install PCMCIA support and select the 'NEC Versa' as your type of unit.

4. Shutdown and go into the machine's BIOS setup. The PCMCIA adapter uses C800-C8FF for a ROM address space, you need to go into whatever the machine has for ISA/Legacy resources and restrict this address space from being taken by the PCI or any Plug-N-Play devices. On the IBM systems, you choose ISA/Legacy Resources and set the address range as 'Not Available'.

5. Check the CONFIG.SYS for the lines:

BASEDEV=PCMCIA.SYS /P
and
BASEDEV=IBM2NEC1.SYS /S0=2

Sample of a working CONFIG.SYS...
IFS=E:\OS2\HPFS.IFS /CACHE:2048 /CRECL:4 /AUTOCHECK:CDEF
PROTSHELL=E:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
SET USER_INI=E:\OS2\OS2.INI
SET SYSTEM_INI=E:\OS2\OS2SYS.INI
SET OS2_SHELL=E:\OS2\CMD.EXE
SET AUTOSTART=PROGRAMS,TASKLIST,FOLDERS,WARPCENTER
SET RUNWORKPLACE=E:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
SET COMSPEC=E:\OS2\CMD.EXE
LIBPATH=E:\IBMLAN\NETLIB;E:\MUGLIB\DLL;.;E:\OS2\DLL;E:\MPTN\DLL;E:\ibmcom\DLL;E:\IBMI18N\DLL;E:\OS2\MDOS;E:\;E:\OS2\APPS\DLL;E:\javaos2\dll;E:\IBMINST;E:\NSC\DLL;
SET PATH=E:\IBMLAN\NETPROG;E:\MUGLIB;E:\MPTN\BIN;E:\ibmcom;E:\OS2;E:\OS2\SYSTEM;E:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2;E:\OS2\INSTALL;E:\;E:\OS2\MDOS;E:\OS2\APPS;E:\javaos2\bin;E:\NSC;
SET DPATH=E:\IBMLAN\NETPROG;E:\IBMLAN;E:\MUGLIB;E:\MPTN;E:\IBMCOM;E:\OS2;E:\OS2\SYSTEM;E:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2;E:\OS2\INSTALL;E:\;E:\OS2\BITMAP;E:\OS2\MDOS;E:\OS2\APPS;E:\IBMINST;E:\NSC;
SET PROMPT=$iÇ$pÇ
SET HELP=E:\MPTN;E:\OS2\HELP;
SET GLOSSARY=E:\OS2\HELP\GLOSS;
SET IPF_KEYS=SBCS
PRIORITY_DISK_IO=YES
FILES=20
BASEDEV=IBMKBD.SYS
DEVICE=E:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\LANPDD.OS2
DEVICE=E:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\LANVDD.OS2
DEVICE=E:\ibmcom\LANMSGDD.OS2 /I:E:\ibmcom /S
DEVICE=E:\ibmcom\PROTMAN.OS2 /I:E:\ibmcom
DEVICE=E:\OS2\BOOT\TESTCFG.SYS
DEVICE=E:\OS2\BOOT\DOS.SYS
DEVICE=E:\OS2\BOOT\PMDD.SYS
BUFFERS=90
IOPL=YES
DISKCACHE=D,LW
MAXWAIT=3
MEMMAN=SWAP,PROTECT
SWAPPATH=E:\OS2\SYSTEM 2048 2048
BREAK=OFF
THREADS=1024
PRINTMONBUFSIZE=134,134,134
COUNTRY=001,E:\OS2\SYSTEM\COUNTRY.SYS
SET KEYS=ON
SET BOOKSHELF=E:\IBMLAN\BOOK;E:\OS2\BOOK;
SET SOMIR=E:\OS2\ETC\SOM.IR;E:\OS2\ETC\WPSH.IR;E:\OS2\ETC\WPDSERV.IR;E:\OS2\ETC\REXX.IR
SET SOMDDIR=E:\OS2\ETC\DSOM
SET ULSPATH=E:\LANGUAGE
SET LOCPATH=E:\IBMI18N\LOCALE;E:\LANGUAGE\LOCALE
BASEDEV=TIMER0.SYS
REM SET DELDIR=C:\DELETE,512;D:\DELETE,512;E:\DELETE,512;F:\DELETE,512;
BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS
BASEDEV=IBM1FLPY.ADD
BASEDEV=IBM2FLPY.ADD
BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD
BASEDEV=XDFLOPPY.FLT
BASEDEV=OS2DASD.DMD
RUN=E:\OS2\SYSTEM\HYBERSET.EXE
SET EPMPATH=E:\OS2\APPS;
PROTECTONLY=NO
SHELL=E:\OS2\MDOS\COMMAND.COM E:\OS2\MDOS
FCBS=16,8
RMSIZE=640
DEVICE=E:\OS2\MDOS\VEMM.SYS
DOS=LOW,NOUMB
DEVICE=E:\OS2\MDOS\VXMS.SYS /UMB
DEVICE=E:\OS2\MDOS\VDPMI.SYS
DEVICE=E:\OS2\MDOS\VDPX.SYS
DEVICE=E:\OS2\MDOS\VWIN.SYS
DEVICE=E:\OS2\MDOS\VW32S.SYS
DEVICE=E:\OS2\BOOT\OS2CDROM.DMD /Q
IFS=E:\OS2\BOOT\CDFS.IFS /Q
DEVICE=E:\OS2\MDOS\VCDROM.SYS
BASEDEV=IBMIDECD.FLT
DEVICE=E:\OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS
DEVICE=E:\OS2\BOOT\POINTDD.SYS
DEVICE=E:\OS2\BOOT\MOUSE.SYS
SET LANG=EN_US
SET TZ=EST5EDT
CODEPAGE=437,850
DEVINFO=KBD,US,E:\OS2\KEYBOARD.DCP
BASEDEV=PCMCIA.SYS /P
DEVICE=E:\OS2\MDOS\VPCMCIA.SYS
DEVICE=E:\OS2\BOOT\COM.SYS
DEVICE=E:\OS2\MDOS\VCOM.SYS
BASEDEV=IBM2NEC1.SYS /s0=2
BASEDEV=AUTODRV2.SYS
DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,E:\OS2\VIOTBL.DCP
SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_SVGA
SET VIO_SVGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHSVGA)
DEVICE=E:\OS2\MDOS\VSVGA.SYS
DEVICE=E:\OS2\MDOS\VPRPMI.SYS
SET DMIPATH=E:\DMISL\BIN
RUN=E:\OS2\SMSTART.EXE
SET CLASSPATH=E:\javaos2\lib\jempcl10.zip;.\.
CALL=E:\ibmcom\PROTOCOL\NETBIND.EXE
RUN=E:\ibmcom\LANMSGEX.EXE
SET NLSPATH=E:\MPTN\MSG\NLS\%N;
SET ETC=E:\MPTN\ETC
DEVICE=E:\MPTN\PROTOCOL\SOCKETS.SYS
DEVICE=E:\MPTN\PROTOCOL\AFOS2.SYS
RUN=E:\MPTN\BIN\CNTRL.EXE
DEVICE=E:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\NETBEUI.OS2
DEVICE=E:\IBMLAN\NETPROG\RDRHELP.200
IFS=E:\IBMLAN\NETPROG\NETWKSTA.200 /I:E:\IBMLAN /N
DEVICE=E:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\NETBIOS.OS2
DEVICE=E:\IBMCOM\MACS\IBMTOK.OS2
SET I18NDIR=E:\IBMI18N
RUN=E:\IBMLAN\NETPROG\LSDAEMON.EXE
DEVICE=E:\IBMLAN\NETPROG\VNETAPI.OS2
RUN=E:\IBMLAN\NETPROG\VNRMINIT.EXE
SET NWDBPATH=E:\IBMLAN\NETPROG
SET DLSINI=E:\IBMLAN\NETPROG\NETGUI.INI
SET INIT_FILE_NAMES=netgui
SET INIT_FILE_RANGES=200
SET WPS_COMMUNICATION=YES
SET LANINSTEP=G:\CID\IMG\IBMPEER

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Date Created

23-09-97

Last Updated

25-01-99

Revision Date

24-01-2000

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Model

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