IBM 600e User Guide
Using a PC Card in OS/2 (with PC Card Director)
This section describes how to use the PC Card in OS/2.
The PC Card slots of the computer and the port replicator do not
support the following PC Cards:
support the following PC Cards:
Integral Peripherals Model 1841PA (40 MB)
IBM 105-MB PCMCIA hard disk drive (P/N 74G8694)
8-bit or 16-bit slave DMA PC Cards
IBM 105-MB PCMCIA hard disk drive (P/N 74G8694)
8-bit or 16-bit slave DMA PC Cards
Ask IBM or an IBM authorized dealer for more information about the
different types of PC Cards.
different types of PC Cards.
You can use a DOS object
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in the OS/2 environment. OS/2 Virtual
Card Services provides a Card Services interface and enables you to
use the DOS PC Card device driver for the DOS object.
use the DOS PC Card device driver for the DOS object.
Note:
Even when a PC Card is enabled with a DOS object, the
device driver or the application program might not work, or
their performance might not be what you expect.
device driver or the application program might not work, or
their performance might not be what you expect.
To use Virtual Card Services with a DOS object, do the following:
1
Move the mouse pointer to the DOS object icon; then click the
right mouse button.
right mouse button.
2
Click on Properties.
3
Click on the Session tab.
4
Click on DOS (WIN-OS/2) Properties.
5
Click on All DOS (DOS and WIN-OS/2) Settings.
6
Set PCMCIA_CARD_SERVICES as On.
7
Set PCMCIA_RELEASE_LEVEL as
2.1
8
Set MEM_EXCLUDE_REGIONS as
CC
–D3FFF
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DOS object might be a DOS program, Windows 3.1 program, DOS full-screen, DOS window, WIN-OS/2 full-screen, or WIN-OS/2 window.
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