From: "John Poltorak" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 01:33:50 +0100
To: "R. G. Newbury" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: PCMCIA help
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In-Reply-To: <list-269965@2rosenthals.com>; from R. G. Newbury on Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 11:51:41AM -0400

On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 11:51:41AM -0400, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> John Poltorak wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 11:01:18AM -0400, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> >> John Poltorak wrote:
> >>> I'd like to try and get a PCMCIA card working on a DELL Inspiron 6000
> >>> laptop. Has anyone tried this?
> >>>
> >>> AIUI it has a RICOH RL5c476 Cardbus controller according to a PCI scanner
> >>> I ran. Which Socket services driver will support that?
> >>>
> >>>
> >> This is a Cardbus card  You do not need Socket services. An NDIS driver 
> >> should do, exactly as if the card were a PCI card.
> >>
> >> I use a Xircom Realport Cardbus card in my Thinkpad 600E and the 
> >> required line is 'device=c:\ibmcom\macs\cbendis.os2'
> >>
> >> (Together with the usual other ibmcom stuff, of course).
> > 
> > I don't understand what you mean. 
> > 
> > I have a controller on the mother board - the RICOH I mentioned. It isn't 
> > a card.
> > 
> > The card I want to use is an IBM PCMCIA Token Ring card. 
> > 
> > Are you saying I don't need a socket server driver to be able to use it? 
> 
> We really have been talking at cross purposes.
> YOU have been talking about the PCMCIA chipset in your laptop.
> I was referring to Cardbus capable PCMCIA ethernet cards. I misread your 
> description of the chipset as referring to the card's chipset.

I did try to make it plain that I wanted a socket services driver. My 
problem was knowing which one, if any would work.
 
> A quick browse through the Nicpak listing at os2warp.be does not turn up 
> any references to 'Token Ring'.
> Your token ring card may be Cardbus, but I would doubt it.
> In that case: yes, you will need socket services installed to make use 
> of the card, presuming that there is a driver for it.
> 
> I suggest you go to os2warp.be. There are links to various socket 
> services programs/drivers and also links to other useful stuff.

Yes, there looks to be quite a lot of useful stuff, but nowhere to ask 
questions.


I get the impression that my controller card is supported out of the box 
with Warp 4, but it doesn't work. I'd like to know what I'm doing wrong.

 
> Geoff


-- 
John