Re: EZPlay & Ethernet cards

[forster@ssnet.com (Peter Forster)]

USING PC Cards With the Auto Configurator/ Card Playing software...
  Using the Auto Configurator
When a PC card is installed in the computer, the Auto Configurator enables
the PC cards even when the device driver supplied with the PC card is not
installed.  The PC cards that ThinkPad 750 series supports with the Auto
Configuator are listed in the PCMCIA.CRD file on Utilty Diskette.

When the Auto Configurator is installed, the following line is added to
CONFIG.SYS file:
   DEVICE=[DRIVE] [PATH] AUTODRV.SYS [DRIVE] [PATH] AUTODRV.INI
The basic structure of the data file for the Auto Configurator
(AUTODRIV.INI) is as follows:
          [Card name]
          CardID=card name
          Keyword1=data1,Keyword2=data2,...
          Keyword1=data1,Keyword2=data2,...
          Keyword1=data1,Keyword2=data2,...
          Keyword1=data1,Keyword2=data2,...
  When Using a Modem Card
When a modem card (assuming that it is listed in PCMCIA.CRD) is installed
in the PC card slot, the Auto Configurator assings the IRQ level and the
I/O window from the information in the data file (AUTODRV.INI) and data
from the modem.
For example, the data file can look like this:
          [MODEM]
          CardID=MODEM,MD24X
          Port1=3F8,IRQ=4
          Port1=2F8,IRQ=3
          Port1=3E8,IRQ=3
          Port1=2E8,IRQ=3
Starting from the first "Port1" line, the Auto Configurator tries to assign
Port1=3F8, IRQ=4 for the modem.  Suppose I/O port 3F8H is already by the
system serial port, the Auto Configurator does not recognize your modem
card, you must add an identification after the "CardID=MODEM" parameter for
your modem card.  Use the characters which are shown under "Card
Information" in EasyPlaying to identify your modem.  Write all characters
in upper case:  a maxiumum of five characters can be used.  In the above
example, MD24X is set to identify the modem card.
Example of Not Using the Auto Configurator
When you are using drivers that have the enabling function of the of the PC
card on the card services, such as Ethernet NDIS MAC driver, you do not
need to use the Auto Configurator.  When you do not use the auto
Configurator, add the following line after the CardID" parameter
          Option=Ignore
  For example:
          [Ethernet]
          CardID=ETHER
          Option=Ignore
          Port1=300,IRQ=5,Memory1=CC00,Waitstate=1
Example of the Memory Area for the Card Services and Token Ring
The followingis an example of the memory area for the Card services and
Token Ring.
    * A line in the CONFIG.SYS file.
          DEVICE=C:\THINKPAD\DICRMU01.SYS /MA=C000-CFFF
    * Lines from the data file (AUTODRV.INI)
          [Token Ring]
          CardID=TOKEN
Port1=A20,IRQ=9,Memory1=CA00,Memory2=D800,MemSize2=16,RingSpeed=4
Port1=A20,IRQ=9,Memory1=CA00,Memory2=CC00,MemSize2=16,RingSpeed=4
          Memory1, Memory2          The base address of the memory
                                    window in hexadecimal segmant address.
          MemSize1,MemSize2         The size of the memory window in
                                    decimal (Kbyte unit)
In the above example, the memory area for "Memory2" in the first "Port1"
is not within the area specified by the "MA=" parameter and as a result,
the Auto Configurator will not assign the Token Ring. The Auto Configurator
will then assign the Token Ring from details of the second "Port1" line.

Carefully check each application program for use so that the memory area
is speified by the "MA=" parameter.

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P.S. Copied from IBM document #82G4665