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| From: | "johnross" <johnross AT gci DOT net>
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| Subject: | PCMCIA drivers for DR-DOS
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| Date: | Wed, 9 Jan 2002 21:45:01 -0900
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I asked Matthias in a private e-mail if he knew how IBM's PC DOS 7/2000 =
PCMCIA drivers compared to the Card Soft drivers IBM favored with my =
laptop? IBM Thinkpad 380XD, US Robotics model XJ4336 Megahertz 33.6 PC =
Card Modem, and Megahertz model XJ10BT or XJ10BC PCMCIA Ethernet 10 Mbps =
LAN Adapter.
His response was he'd used Award's CardWare (which is a DPMS client and =
therefore very recommendable for DR-DOS) with a Toshiba notebook he =
previously owned. He states Award was purchased by Phoenix and Card Ware =
was sold to another corporation.
I found on the OpenDOS Mail Archives dated 2001/03/10 his message, =
00a901c0a9e4$84d58fc0$0708e289 AT mpaul, . In it Matthias states the =
version he used was 2.5. Evidently he was aware of a version 5.0 and =
CardControl also; cited in an earlier paragraph of the message.
I clicked on the link listed for Award and found a note on the Phoenix =
webpage that CardWare was sold to Unicore Software, Inc. See =
http://www.unicore.com/products/ . I am familiar with Unicore's LBA Pro =
BIOS extender card for seamless intergration of a secondary BIOS for LBA =
support. I purchased one for use on my 1st PC, a Compaq Prolinea 486DX, =
years ago. I was mildly surprised and pleased to "discover" this firm is =
offering CardWare for DOS/Windows version 6.0.012 Unicore lists the =
software for US $69.95 plus $9.95 shipping. Shipping to Canada $25, =
outside US $35.=20
See =
http://www.unicore.com/techsupport/cardware/documentation/CWdw6_ug.pdf =
for the User Guide for the version 6.0 software. Note this appears to be =
a version 5.0 booklet with a new (version 6.0) cover. This link lists =
Unicore's upgrade policies for CardWare =
http://www.tssc.de/web/policies.htm .
I am not connected in any fashion with Unicore or their affiliates. The =
information is offered to DOS users wanting data regarding CardWare. I =
presume others will be interested in the same information I sought.
Are there any mailing list subscribers using CardWare PCMCIA drivers? =
Does use of CardSoft drivers negate the requirement for separate drivers =
for the PC cards themselves?
I'm probably most interested experience with version 6.0+ since Unicore =
Software, Inc. or TouchStone Software Corp don't seem to support earlier =
versions. I note users may obtain a 40% discounted upgrade for software =
less than a year old. If the software is over 1 year old, full purchase =
price is required for an upgrade.=20
Users can obtain a 15 day evaluation version or purchase the software at =
http://www.tssc.de/products/cwdos/cardware_dos.htm . This link lists =
supported PC Card Adapters =
http://www.tssc.de/download/docs/List%20of%20Supported%20Controller%20Chi=
ps.pdf and this one lists supported PC Cards =
http://www.tssc.de/download/docs/List%20of%20Tested%20PC%20Cards.pdf .
Many thanks,
John
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<DIV>I asked Matthias in a private e-mail if he knew how IBM's PC DOS =
7/2000=20
PCMCIA drivers compared to the Card Soft drivers IBM favored with my =
laptop? IBM=20
Thinkpad 380XD, US Robotics model XJ4336 Megahertz 33.6 PC Card Modem, =
and=20
Megahertz model XJ10BT or XJ10BC PCMCIA Ethernet 10 Mbps LAN =
Adapter.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>His response was he'd used Award's CardWare (which is a DPMS client =
and=20
therefore very recommendable for DR-DOS) with a Toshiba notebook he =
previously=20
owned. He states Award was purchased by Phoenix and Card Ware was sold =
to=20
another corporation.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I found on the OpenDOS Mail Archives dated 2001/03/10 his message, =
<FONT=20
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href=3D"mailto:00a901c0a9e4$84d58fc0$0708e289 AT mpaul">00a901c0a9e4$84d58fc=
0$0708e289 AT mpaul</A>,=20
</FONT>. In it Matthias states the version he used was 2.5. Evidently he =
was=20
aware of a version 5.0 and CardControl also; cited in an earlier =
paragraph of=20
the message.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I clicked on the link listed for Award and found a note on the =
Phoenix=20
webpage that CardWare was sold to Unicore Software, Inc. See <A=20
href=3D"http://www.unicore.com/products/">http://www.unicore.com/products=
/</A> .=20
I am familiar with Unicore's LBA Pro BIOS extender card for seamless=20
intergration of a secondary BIOS for LBA support. I purchased one for =
use on my=20
1st PC, a Compaq Prolinea 486DX, years ago. I was mildly surprised and =
pleased=20
to "discover" this firm is offering CardWare for DOS/Windows version =
6.0.012=20
Unicore lists the software for US $69.95 plus $9.95 shipping. Shipping =
to Canada=20
$25, outside US $35. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>See <A=20
href=3D"http://www.unicore.com/techsupport/cardware/documentation/CWdw6_u=
g.pdf">http://www.unicore.com/techsupport/cardware/documentation/CWdw6_ug=
.pdf</A> for=20
the User Guide for the version 6.0 software. Note this appears to =
be a=20
version 5.0 booklet with a new (version 6.0) cover. This link lists =
Unicore's upgrade policies for CardWare <A=20
href=3D"http://www.tssc.de/web/policies.htm">http://www.tssc.de/web/polic=
ies.htm</A> .</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I am not connected in any fashion with Unicore or their affiliates. =
The=20
information is offered to DOS users wanting data regarding CardWare. I =
presume=20
others will be interested in the same information I sought.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Are there any mailing list subscribers using CardWare PCMCIA =
drivers? Does=20
use of CardSoft drivers negate the requirement for separate drivers for =
the PC=20
cards themselves?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I'm probably most interested experience with version=20
6.0+ since Unicore Software, Inc. or TouchStone Software Corp =
don't=20
seem to support earlier versions. I note users may obtain a 40% =
discounted=20
upgrade for software less than a year old. If the software is over =
1 year=20
old, full purchase price is required for an upgrade. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Users can obtain a 15 day evaluation version or purchase the =
software=20
at <A=20
href=3D"http://www.tssc.de/products/cwdos/cardware_dos.htm">http://www.ts=
sc.de/products/cwdos/cardware_dos.htm</A> .=20
This link lists supported PC Card Adapters <A=20
href=3D"http://www.tssc.de/download/docs/List%20of%20Supported%20Controll=
er%20Chips.pdf">http://www.tssc.de/download/docs/List%20of%20Supported%20=
Controller%20Chips.pdf</A> and=20
this one lists supported PC Cards <A=20
href=3D"http://www.tssc.de/download/docs/List%20of%20Tested%20PC%20Cards.=
pdf">http://www.tssc.de/download/docs/List%20of%20Tested%20PC%20Cards.pdf=
</A> .</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Many thanks,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>John</DIV>
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