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README.TXT for Toshiba Card Manager August, 1993
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The following information has become available since the Toshiba Card
Manager documentation went to press. Please read it carefully for
the most recent information about your Card Manager software.
---- APM and POWER.EXE Files Required For Resume Functionality -------
The Toshiba Card Manager requires that the APM.SYS and POWER.EXE
power management drivers be loaded (via CONFIG.SYS) in order for
Toshiba's Autoresume feature to work correctly.
E.G., device=c:\dos\apm.sys
device=c:\dos\power.exe
or similar lines should exist in your CONFIG.SYS file.
---- Microsoft Windows ver 3.1 Standard mode -------------------------
In Windows' 386 Enhanced mode, all PCMCIA card insertions and
extractions are fully supported.
In Windows' Standard mode, any cards inserted before Windows is
started should function properly. Once Windows has been started in
Standard mode, however, card insertions and extractions may not be
recognized.
To alert you to this limitation, the Toshiba Card Manager EZInstall
program automatically copies the file PCMWARN.EXE into your Windows
directory and adds the line "RUN=PCMWARN.EXE" into the WIN.INI file.
The PCMWARN.EXE utility will display a notice of this limitation
whenever Windows is started in Standard mode.
--- Procomm Plus -----------------------------------------------------
Occasionally, unsolicited characters (the square root sign, for
example) may appear on ProComm Plus screen displays when PCMCIA cards
are inserted or extracted. These characters will not affect the
operation of the computer or of Procomm Plus.
When the computer is suspended and then resumed with Procomm Plus
running, the first few AT modem commands typed may not be displayed
on the screen. The commands will be correctly executed, however.
Subsequent AT commands will be echoed properly to the screen.
--- ATA storage cards and Windows applications -----------------------
Hard disk drives and other storage cards are supported by the PCMATA
device driver, loaded via the CONFIG.SYS file. This driver creates
a drive letter (generally D:) for storage cards, even if no such card
is present in the computer when the PCMATA driver loads.
Some Windows programs search all drives when a file operation is
initiated (such as retrieving a file from disk). If the PCMATA driver
is active, but no storage device is actually in the computer, these
Windows programs may be confused by the "phantom drive" and will
produce error messages.
Windows programs that may produce errors of this nature include
WinFax Pro and Word for Windows.
--- ATA hard disk cards with DOS box in MS Windows -------------------
When saving data or otherwise writing to hard disk drives in PCMCIA
slots, it is very important to allow enough time for the operation to
finish before the computer is turned off (or suspended). This is
particularly true when running MS-DOS from within MS Windows, in a
"DOS box".
Some PCMCIA drives require a few additional seconds to transfer data
in their internal cache to the disk itself. Be sure to wait several
seconds after the last indication of disk activity before turning the
computer off.
--- Formatting ATA storage cards -------------------------------------
When formatting an ATA drive, always use the /U (unconditional) or
/Q (quick) parameter, for example:
FORMAT D: /U
This insures that MS-DOS will not "time-out" while attempting to
verify the ATA drive's format.
--- General Modem and LAN card Support -------------------------------
The current version of Toshiba Card Manager software supports the
operation of just one modem or local area network card at a time,
in both one and two slot systems.
--- AT&T Paradyne Modem ----------------------------------------------
On the T4600C with the AT&T Paradyne modem, the system speaker may
emit a slight crackling noise. The noise is harmless, and it may
be stopped simply by running any communications program.
--- Microsoft Windows: delays ----------------------------------------
If cards are frequently inserted and/or extracted while Windows is
running in 386 Enhanced mode, Windows may become unresponsive for up
to ten or twenty seconds at a time. This is especially so if Windows
is busy with other tasks while cards are inserted or extracted.
Windows may appear to be hung, but it has only temporarily run out of
resources, and will eventually become ready.
--- TOSHIBA PCMCIA utility and Autoresume ----------------------------
Autoresume may not function correctly if the TOSHIBA PCMCIA utility
(WPCMINFO.CPL) in the Windows Control Panel is running when the
computer is suspended. We recommend closing the Windows Control Panel
and the TOSHIBA PCMCIA utility before pressing the power switch to
suspend the computer.
--- Incorrect CIS information ----------------------------------------
The TOSHIBA PCMCIA Windows utility displays information derived from
the Card Information Structure (CIS) on PCMCIA cards. Some early PCMCIA
cards contain non-standard data in their CISs, and the TOSHIBA PCMCIA
utility may display this data on the screen.
The following card(s) are known to have non-standard CIS information:
- Maxtor XL105
Future versions of these cards may contain a standard CIS. The TOSHIBA
PCMCIA utility will then be able to display this corrected information.
--- Unrecognized cards -----------------------------------------------
The Super Client Driver (PCMSCD) module is responsible for configuring
PC cards by comparing their CIS information to its internal database
of cards. The PCMSCD will sometimes not recognize older versions of
some cards because their CIS data is different on newer versions of
the same card. In this case the PCMSCD module may not be able to
configure the card.
Cards which may not be configured due to a change in the CIS include:
- Intel 2400 Plus Modem
- DLink LAN Card
If you experience this problem, please contact the card vendor to see
about obtaining a newer revision of the card.
Some older PCMCIA cards which conform to older PCMCIA specifications
may be identified as PCMCIA ver 1.0 memory cards. Most all of these
cards work fine, nonetheless.
--- PCMFFCS.EXE: /SIZE= parameter -------------------------------------
The syntax of the /SIZE= parameter for the Flash File system driver
PCMFFCS.EXE has been changed. The size of the upper memory window is
now specified directly in kilobytes. The supported sizes/parameters
are 4, 8, 16 and 32 kilobytes.
For example, /SIZE=32 specifies an upper memory window size of 32KB,
and /SIZE=8 specifies an upper memory window size of 8KB.
--- PCMSCD.EXE: /LANIRQ= parameter -----------------------------------
A new command line parameter has been added to the Super Client Driver
module (PCMSCD):
/LANIRQ=[IRQ number]
This switch makes it possible to specify absolutely the IRQ that Toshiba
Card Manager should use to address all local area network cards.
For example, /LANIRQ=5 insures that all PCMCIA LAN cards will be
serviced using IRQ5. If the /LANIRQ= parameter is omitted, the default
setting of IRQ 9 will be used. In many cases, IRQ9 will be available
and may well be a good choice of an IRQ for a LAN card.
--- PCMCS.EXE: /XIRQ parameter ---------------------------------------
A new command line switch has been added to PCMCS.EXE, the Card
Services module of Toshiba Card Manager.
/XIRQ=xxxx
Advanced users may use this parameter to explicitly exclude IRQs
from use by PCMCIA cards per the Card Services module. This may
be helpful to resolve interrupt conflicts on systems that include
ISA cards in a docking station or in a built-in expansion slot.
It may also be useful on machines with many peripheral devices
attached, such as those configured as multimedia systems.
The syntax for the /XIRQ switch is /XIRQ=xxxx, where xxxx is a 16 bit
hexadecimal value representing the 16 IRQ levels, with the least
significant bit, for IRQ0, to the right.
To exclude an IRQ, set it to 1. To leave it available to Card Services,
set it to 0. The default value for each IRQ is 0.
Example: To exclude IRQs 14, 13, 12, 8, 7, 6, 1, and 0, specify:
DEVICE=PCMCS.EXE /XIRQ=71C3
The table below indicates how the hex value in the example above is
derived from binary:
IRQ IRQ IRQ IRQ IRQ IRQ IRQ IRQ IRQ IRQ IRQ IRQ IRQ IRQ IRQ IRQ
15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
(msb) -- -- -- -- -- - - - - - - - - - (lsb)
0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
|------ 7 -------| |------ 1 -------| |------ C -------| |----- 3 -----|
IRQs 0, 1, 6, 12, 13, and 14 are generally already in use by the
system, and should be considered not available. In case of interrupt
conflicts, it may be helpful to exclude any or all of them with the
/XIRQ= switch.
The standard ISA bus IRQs are as follows:
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IRQ0 Timer Output (normally not available)
IRQ1 Keyboard (normally not available)
IRQ2 Cascade to 2nd Interrupt Controller, IRQ8 -IRQ15
(normally not available)
IRQ3 2nd Serial Port: COM2
IRQ4 1st Serial Port: COM1
IRQ5 2nd Parallel Printer Port: LPT2
IRQ6 Floppy Disk Controller (normally not available)
IRQ7 1st Parallel Printer Port: LPT1
IRQ8 Real Time Clock
IRQ9 software redirected to IRQ2 (Int 0AH)
IRQ10 unused (default for Toshiba Card Manager PCMCIA card events)
IRQ11 unused
IRQ12 PS/2 Mouse (normally not available)
IRQ13 80x87 Math Coprocessor (normally not available)
IRQ14 Hard Disk Controller (normally not available)
IRQ15 Some secondardy hard drive/SCSI controllers
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Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
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