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AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1763          09/30/97 
 
 
 
TITLE:  Ascentia P70/P80, MS-DOS, Token Ring
 
 
ISSUE 
 
   An IBM Token Ring PC card may not function properly or at all 
   when installed in an Ascentia P70/P80 system with MS-DOS 6.22. 
   
   This issue affects all Ascentia P70 and P80 systems with the 
   following part numbers: 503252 and 503302.    

 
BACKGROUND 
 
   N/A    

 
ACTION 
 
   To correct this problem, observe the following points:
   
   1. The EMM386 line in CONFIG.SYS should include the 
      exclusion X=CC00-DFFF and resemble the following 
      example:
   
         DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=CC00-DFFF
   
   2. The PCM.INI file, located in the Phoenix subdirectory 
      (C:\PCM4\PROGRAM), should resemble the following 
      example:
   
   ; PCM.INI - Initialization File for PCM Version 4
   
   [SETUP-DEFAULTS]
   ; Allow VAR the ability to specify working defaults
   and screen order
   
   ResourceCheckMode=1
   
   ; Setup mode: 0 Quick; 1  Advanced      SetupModeType=1
   SetupMode=
   
   SocketCountType=1
   SocketCount=
   
   ; Resource collision resolution (Manual or Auto)
   
   ConflictResolution=AUTO
   
   ; Load/Don't Load ATA and Flash support
   
   Load_ATA=Yes
   Load_MTD=No
   
   ; Load second Controller 
   Load_ss1=CL6730
   
   ; Command line options
   pcmss=/ZV /ADDR=CC /ADDWAIT=02 /NO3V
   pcmss1=/NO3V /6730
   pcmcs=/POLL /PCL=4
   pcmrman=/NOMEMCONFLICT
   pcmscd=
   pcmata=/ATANOCIS  /S2=1 /S3=1
   usecards=
   
   WindowsType=1
   WindowsPath=C:\WINDOWS
   
   FFSType=1
   FFSPath=
   FFSWindowBase=
   FFSWindowSize=16
   FFSNoOfPartitions=1
   FFSNoOfEraseQueues=1
   
   ModemType=1
   ComPort=
   
   ATAType=1
   ATAWindowBase=CF00
   ATASpinDownTime=5
   ATANoOfPartitions=1
   
   AdvancedInfoType=1
   IRQ=
   CISWindowBase=CE00
   TokenRingSpeed=16
   CardSettleTime=660
   
   [INSTALL.Resources]
   include_mem=
   exclude_mem=0xa0-0xbf,0xCC-0xCD,0xe0-0xff
   include_io=
   exclude_io=
   include_irq=
   exclude_irq=0x00,0x01,0x02,0x08
   include_dma=
   exclude_dma=0x02
   EMM386_Argument=NOEMS X=CC00-DFFF
   
   [COM]
   1=0x3f8,0x8,0x4,0x1
   2=0x2f8,0x8,0x3,0x1
   3=0x3e8,0x8,0x4,0x1
   4=0x2e8,0x8,0x3,0x1
   COMORDER=2
   
   [NETWORK]
   RS=16
   
   ; - Card/Configuration List -
   
   [PCM23P]
   pcmss=/ZV /ADDR=CC /ADDWAIT=02 /NO3V /CMDevID=FFFFFFFF
   pcmss1=/NO3V /SPEAKER /6730 /CMDevID=FFFFFFFF /ADDWAIT=00
   pcmcs=/ADDR=CE /WAIT=20 /POLL /PCL=4
   pcmscd=
   pcmrman=/NOMEMCONFLICT
   /S1=1
UseCards=
SetupMode=7
WindowsPath=C:\WINDOWS
ComPort=2

   ATAWindowBase=cf00
   ATASpinDownTime=5
   ATANoOfPartitions=1
   IRQ=15
   CISWindowBase=ce00
   TokenRingSpeed=16
   CardSettleTime=660
   
   [PCM23P.Resources]
   include_mem=
   exclude_mem=
   include_io=
   exclude_io=
   include_irq=
   exclude_irq=
   include_dma=
   exclude_dma=
   
   [DEBUG]
   pcmss=/ZV /ADDR=CC /ADDWAIT=02 /NO3V /CMDevID=FFFFFFFF
   pcmss1=/NO3V /SPEAKER /6730 /CMDevID=FFFFFFFF /ADDWAIT=00
   pcmcs=/ADDR=CE /WAIT=20 /POLL /PCL=4
   pcmscd=
   pcmrman=/NOMEMCONFLICT
   pcmata=/IO=180 /ADDR=CF /SD=5  /SRAM/ATANOCIS  /S2=1 /S3=1 /S0=1 
   /S1=1
UseCards=
SetupMode=7
WindowsPath=C:\WINDOWS
ComPort=2

   ATAWindowBase=cf00
   ATASpinDownTime=5
   ATANoOfPartitions=1
   IRQ=15
   CISWindowBase=ce00
   TokenRingSpeed=16
   CardSettleTime=660
   
   [DEBUG.Resources]
   include_mem=0XCE-0XDF
   exclude_mem=
   include_io=
   exclude_io=
   include_irq=
   exclude_irq=
   include_dma=
   exclude_dma=    

 
NOTES 
 
   N/A    

 
TAN 000544RS 
 
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