IBM PCMCIA 5250 Compatibility (96300)

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TECHNICAL NOTE (96300)

Summary:	IBM PCMCIA 5250 Compatibility
Date:	September 29, 1995
Product:	As listed
Problem / Issue:	Compatibility
Solution:	See Below
Additional Information:	TSB-0288-C

The following computers were tested with the IBM 5250 PCMCIA card and enabler. No units experienced any difficulties. Version 1.0 of Toshiba Card and Socket Services does not currently support the IBM 5250 PCMCIA card. Testing was done using default settings and directories for both 5250 software and PCMCIA enablers.

Note: Make sure the ENB5250 environment variable is set.

In default case: SET ENB5250=C:\ENB5250

MODEL	BIOS	KBC	DOS
T1900C	1.30	1.80	6.0
T1910	1.00	1.90	6.0
T1950CT	1.20	1.90	6.0
T3400	1.00	1.00	6.0
T4500	1.22	1.18	6.0
T4600	1.20	1.40	6.0
T4700CS	2.30	1.40	6.0

The following was the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT configurations.

CONFIG.SYS

DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS

DOS=HIGH

DOS=UMB

FILES=30

STACKS=9,256

AUTOEXEC.BAT

@echo off

C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE

@ECHO OFF

PROMPT $p$g

PATH C:\DOS

SET TEMP=C:\DOS

SET ENB5250=C:\ENB5250

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