OS/2 Hardware Tips: OS/2 WARP 4.0 PCMCIA SUPPORT for NIMANTICS ORION Series & MICRO 6200 Series

Credit to Clark Tampsett who posted a hint that got my Nimantics Notebook working with Warp 4.0 and PCMCIA support.

1.- Put the following line as the first line in your CONFIG.SYS

BASEDEV=RESERVE.SYS /MEM:CA00,2000

2.- Modify the line

DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\COM.SYS

to read

DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\COM.SYS (1,3F8,4) (2,2F8,3) (3,3E8,10) * see below

3.- Using WARP Selective Install, install the INTEL PCIC PCMCIA support.

4.- Shutdown boot the system.

5.- Find the Plug and Play for PCMCIA folder and open it. Open the AUTOUTL2.EXE and select the Modem Card [3E8] entry in the Available Cards List. Now double click on edit. You will see an IRQ LEVEL selection. Type 10 (using the pull down is no help as they don't provide a 10 to select. Click on OK to save the changes. Now click on ADD to add this com3 entry to the available cards. Close AUTOUTL2 and close the Plug and Play folder.

6.- Shutdown and boot the system.

7.- Open the Plug and Play folder and then open the Plug & Play (rainbow) icon.

8.- Insert a pc card in slot 1, 2 or 3. The card should be properly identified and you should hear a beep.

9.- Change your software to use COM3.


 * Note: I am currently using a licensed Ray Gwinns SIO driver in place of COM.SYS but either should work for you. If you are using Warp 3.0 or earlier, you will HAVE to use SIO in place of the IBM COM drivers. Available at your nearest FTP site. Try ftp-os2.cdrom.com or hobbes.nmsu.edu

I picked IRQ 10 as it is free. Any free IRQ is fine. To find free IRQ levels, type RMVIEW /IRQ at OS/2 prompt.

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