AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1556          8-16-96  
 
 
 
TITLE: OS/2 Warp, Nokia Card, Ascentia P
 
 
SUMMARY 
 
   The Ascentia P system may recognize the Nokia PCMCIA card as a 
   serial device instead of a modem.

   This issue affects all the Ascentia P systems.


ISSUE 

   When using a Nokia PCMCIA card on an Ascentia P system with 
   OS/2 Warp, the system may recognize the card as a serial device
   instead of a modem.  This may cause the card not to function as
   it was designed.


BACKGROUND 

   The default installation of OS/2 creates a CONFIG.SYS file that 
   may not support the Nokia card configuration .

   There is currently no specific card driver available for the Nokia
   card.  The card must be used as a modem in order to operate 
   correctly.


ACTION 
 
   To configure the PCMCIA card as a modem, perform the following 
   steps:

   1. Install OS/2 Warp using the default configuration.  

   2. When selecting a PCMCIA device, select Ascentia 800N as your
      system.  

   3. After the installation is complete, reboot the system and go to
      the system icon. 

   4. Select the OS/2 command prompt.  

   5. Download file IBM2CL11.ZIP from the IBM's Web site into a 
      temporary directory.  Unzip it and copy file IBM2CL1.SYS into
      the OS/2 directory.  This file contains the fix for this 
      problem.  The current address, as of this printing is:

      ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/os2ddpak/ibm2cl11.zip

   6. Type the following command:

         e c:\CONFIG.SYS

      This will open an editor.  Remove the line below:

         Basedev=IBM2AST1.sys 

      and replace it with:

         BASEDEV=IBM2CL1.SYS /s0=2

   7. Make sure the followings lines are contained before this entry
      in CONFIG.SYS:

		DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VWIN.SYS
		DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VW32S.SYS
		BASEDEV=PCMCIA.SYS /P
		DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VPCMCIA.SYS
		DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\COM.SYS
		DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VCOM.SYS
		DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\AUTODRV2.SYS C:\OS2\AUTODRV2.INI
 
 
NOTES 
 
   N/A
 
 
TAN 001145FC and 000400CI
 
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