I PCMCIA/IDE CD-ROM solution for DOS
I.1 Device Driver and Utility Usage
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PICC.EXE (PCMCIA/IDE Adaptor Card Services Client)
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This driver supports the PCMCIA 2.1+ Card/Socket services
specifications. It is mandatory to load this driver before
using the PICD.EXE device driver.
Installation Format:
DEVICE=[drive:][path]PICC.EXE [/P:xxx,yy]
where [/P:xxx,yy]
specifies the I/O port base and interrupt number that
the Adaptor Card Services tries to allocate for this
card in default.
'xxx' is the base address (hexadecimal notation) of
IDE port. The permissible assignment of the base
address are as 168, 1E8 and 170.
'yy' is the interrupt number (decimal notation) of
the corresponding IDE port. The permissible interrupt
number are 9, 10, 11, 12 and 15.
Note 1: you might emulate a secondary enhanced IDE port on the
PCMCIA/IDE adaptor card as shown below:
DEVICE=PICC.EXE /P:170,15
Note 2: this client driver will search for IO ranges from the
default base address (if specified) and then 168, 1E8
to 170 and search for IRQ from the default interrupt
number (if specified) and then 10, 11, 15, 9 to 12.
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PICD.EXE (PCMCIA/IDE CD-ROM Device Driver)
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This device driver requires that the PICC.EXE client driver to
be installed before using the PICD.EXE driver. And this CD-ROM
device driver will search for CD-ROM drives for Enhanced IDE
ports (namely 1f0,14 and 170,15) and then the IO ranges/IRQ
that PICC.EXE allocates.
Installation Format:
DEVICE=[drive:][path]PICD.EXE /D:<drive name> [/R]
where /D:<drive name>
specifies the drive name for MSCDEX.EXE to match,
and the default name is _PICD_$$.
[/R]
reserves one drive letter for plug and play purpose,
if this parameter is used then the CD-ROM drive need
not exist to be initialized when system boots up.
However, be sure that the PCMCIA/IDE adaptor card
is inserted properly to allow Socket/Card/Client
services to recognize its existence.
Please install MSCDEX.EXE in AUTOEXEC.BAT file as shown below:
MSCDEX /D:<drive name>
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INSTALL.EXE (Installation Program)
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You have to run this installation program under DOS environment;
and this program will copy the necessary files into the target
directory and automatically make changes to your system files.
I.2 Error Messages
a. *** Client is already installed
PICC.EXE refuses to be installed twice, you have to take out one
line of client driver installation from the CONFIG.SYS file.
b. *** Card Services Release 2.1 not found
The Client driver PICC.EXE needs a Card Services Release 2.1
installed in system for registration. To remedy this problem, you
might reinstall or reconfigure your system for your PCMCIA sockets.
c. *** Client registration failed
The Client driver PICC.EXE failed to register although a Card
Services Release 2.1 is found. Reconfiguration is recommended.
d. *** Error reading tuple data
Normally, a Card Services Client for system resources allocation
is needed to be installed for other Client driver to read tuple
data correctly from PCMCIA cards.
e. *** Card Services Client not found.
The CD-ROM device driver refuses to be installed if the PICC.EXE
client driver is not installed before using the PICD.EXE driver.
The installation program INSTALL.EXE can be used to do the chores
for you automatically.
f. *** Failed in callback registration.
There is a callback interface between the client driver PICC.EXE
and the CD-ROM device driver PICD.EXE and only one callback
interface is allowed. And this will also ensure only one copy of
CD-ROM device driver can be installed in system.
g. *** Cannot locate any CD-ROM drive.
After the system boots up, the CD-ROM device driver searches for
CD-ROM drives to install. It will abandon to load if there is not
any CD-ROM drive connected to the system.
You can use /R option to utilize plug and play function, the device
driver will be installed to reserve one drive letter even the system
does not connect any CD-ROM drive while the system boots up.
II PCMCIA/IDE CD-ROM solution for OS/2 Warp
II.1 CD-ROM Filter
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OS2PICD.FLT (PCMCIA/IDE CD-ROM Filter)
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This driver is a Client to support the PCMCIA Card/Socket services
specifications, and it is also a CD-ROM filter to allocate the
portable PCMCIA CD-ROM drive.
You should install a Card/Socket services in the CONFIG.SYS file
before the line this filter is installed.
Installation Format:
BASEDEV=OS2PICD.FLT [/P:xxx,yy] [/V]
where [/P:xxx,yy]
specifies the I/O port base and interrupt number that
the Adaptor Card Services tries to allocate for this
card in default.
'xxx' is the base address (hexadecimal notation) of
IDE port. The permissible assignment of the base
address are as 168, 1E8 and 170.
'yy' is the interrupt number (decimal notation) of
the corresponding IDE port. The permissible interrupt
number are 9, 10, 11, 12 and 15.
[/V]
verbose mode, displays the initialization message.
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INSTALL2.EXE (Installation Program for OS/2 Warp)
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This program will copy the device driver into the booting directory
and automatically make changes to the system files.
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