Thanks, Timo. In this case, no. All the BIOS are the same (and latest) -
but some computers work, some don't.
Thanks to Bernie, ZS4TX, and Ron, KK1L, think we've narrowed it to the
socket/card drivers. If anyone has a source for CARDWARE 2.0 or 3.0 I'd
appreciate the info.
Will update when have run all this to ground.
Thanks
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Timo Toro [mailto:Toro@ibb.fi]
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 1:02 AM
To: K0DQ; trlog@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Trlog] Help with PCMCIA in DOS
Something to do with BIOS settings??
Timo--OH5KW
At 15:28 UTC -0400 3/9/08, K0DQ wrote:
>Gents. Posting this here on Tree's recommendation..
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>"Tree,
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>I realize you probably get a million unsolicited questions from folks who
>think a onetime purchase of TRLog equates to a lifetime consultancy. I
>don't want to burden you but since this is hardware as well as s/w related,
>I wonder if you could point me to one or two of your regulars who might
>steer me in the right direction. I realize I don't understand how the
>PCMCIA cards work in DOS and can't find much on the net. Actually, I've
had
>fun getting these old but light machines running - bought for a song on
>e-bay - and it's been a nice change from chasing terrorists. Have
restored
>5 of them to working condition but am stumped on this. I posted the
>following on an HP forum, but it appears to be slow/no traffic.
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>Blessings and TIA,
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>Scott K0DQ / A92Q
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>"I have five working HP Omnibook 500's which I run in DOS for a ham radio
>application which requires extra serial ports. I use an Argosy PCMCIA card
>with two serial ports.
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>On two of the computers it works fine in DOS (I have the DOS drivers
>installed).
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>The other three computers - which work great otherwise - get the following
>"Error: The INTEL 82365SL PCMCIA controller is not detected in your system.
>You should contact your dealer to get a PCMCIA support software." As far as
>I can determine, the PCMCIA controller is a TI PCI-1410 but I cannot find
>any DOS drivers. I get the same result with both of two hard (swappable)
>hard drives, one with DOS only (6.22) and the other is DOS partitioned with
>W2K. The PCMCIA card is fine in all computers under W2K. Even worse, one of
>the computers occasionally recognizes the card, but I have no idea what
>triggers the change.
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>Note that I'm swapping hard drives, so the autoexec.bat and config.sys
files
>are the same in each case. . . but. . . two work and three don't.
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>Presumably the two computers that work have the required driver or command
>somewhere, but I confess I don't understand how the controllers for PCMCIA
>work.
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>Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks."
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>Please feel free to reply direct.
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