[Trlog] VSEMUIO BYTERUNNER AND DOS

[kd4d at comcast.net]

Hi Michael:

I've been successfully using the Byterunner PCI-200L cards
for years with TR.  Note that I copied the VSEMUIO files into
a directory called c:\VSEMUIO.

My autoexec.bat:  The "magic" is invoking vsemuio with the proper configuration file.

set path=c:\dos;\ct10;c:;c:\ctutil
lpt1init
ctmouse
smartdrv a+ c
C:\VSEMUIO\VSEMUIO C:\VSEMUIO\VSEMUIO.CFG
rem 3c90xpd
rem nettsr 192.168.1.2

C:\VSEMUIO\VSEMUIO.CFG:

S,DCC8,03E8,5,8,3
S,DCB8,02E8,9,8,5


The "magic numbers" DCC8 and DCB8 come from the VSSHOW program.

The hardest thing about this is figuring out which IRQ's are available to use for
the cards.  (The VIRQ field.).  I use a program called MSD to show me which IRQ's
are in use.  The new version of TR apparently supports IRQ sharing, so you may
be able to use the same IRQ's that are used for COM1 and COM2.  These would
be IRQ4 for COM3 and IRQ3 for COM4.  Those are "safe" to use, since these are
the IRQ's used for COM1 and COM2 but may not work with other programs.

I don't remember why I didn't use COM4 - probably there is a modem 
assigned to that port on my computer.

Note that the above example uses IRQ's 5 and 9 which were available on my
computers and allow use with both TR and CT.

Does this help at all?  If you need more assistance, I'll try to help.  The IRQ
assignments from the "MSD" program may help here.

73,

Mark, KD4D


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: WG0M at aol.com
> Can anyone tell me how to set up, config, install whatever I need to do to  
> make my byterunner 410H work in DOS?
>  
> I am so far outside of my sandbox here
>  
> Below is what I copied from the readme file.  So now what?  Can  anyone give 
> me step by step instructions?
>  
> Mainly I need help with the autoexec.bat file stuff.   Addressing I can do.  
> I have run the VSSHOW.exe and am okay there.   And I know how to set up TR.
>  
> What I don't know how to do is the autoexe.bat  stuff.
>  
>  
> VSEMUIO should be started before the user application. We suggest to run  it
> in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  The program accepts one command line  paramater
> which gives the name of the configuration file to be used.  If  omitted the
> name vsemuio.cfg in local directory will be assumed.
>  
> Syntax:
>  
> VSEMUIO
> or
> VSEMUIO <file name>
>  
> Configuration file
>  
> VSEMUIO is very sensitive to syntax. Each line describes one port. 
> For  serial ports:
>  
> S,<real io>,<virtual io>,<virq>,<clock>,<com  number>
>  
> < real io>      real io address of the port  on the VScom card.  To find  out
> what the actual IO addresses of the ports are, run  the
> program VSSHOW.EXE.
> < virtual io>   virtual address to be  used.
> <virq>         virtual  irq for the  port
> <clock>         Factor by  which the clock of VScom card is higher  than
> standard clock.  (This is generally 8)
> <com  number>    the COM number under what the system can access  this port.
>  
> Example for COM1 and COM2:
>  
> S,D400,03f8,4,8,1
> S,D408,02f8,3,8,2
>  
> Michael  WG0M
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