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| Summary: | PCMCIA APEX FAX/MODEM, OS/2 AND DOS |
| Date: | September 29, 1995 |
| Product: | APEX fax/modem 14.4/14.4 |
| Problem / Issue: | Compatibility |
| Additional Information: | TSB-0289-C |
DOS TEST
| MODEL#
T1900 T1900C T4600 T4600C |
BIOS
1.30 1.30 1.30A 1.30A |
DOS REVISION
DOS 6.0 RCA20UD DOS 6.0 RCA20UD DOS 6.0 RCA20UD DOS 6.0 RCA20UD |
RESULTS
PASSED PASSED PASSED PASSED |
OS/2 2.1 TEST
| MODEL#
T4700CT |
BIOS
2.30 |
OS/2 VERSION
2.1 CD-ROM(pink disks) |
RESULTS
PASSED |
Cardsoft Card Manager 1.0 and an IBM OS/2 driver are bundled with the APEX fax/modem. Both Cardsoft and Toshiba Card Manager 1.0 PCMCIA card drivers were tested successfully. The OS/2 driver worked properly except the modem speaker did not work.
CONFIG.SYS - Using Toshiba Card Manager 1.0
DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH
FILES=30
DEVICE=C:\PCMPLUS\PCMSS.EXE
DEVICE=C:\PCMPLUS\PCMCS.EXE /WAIT=20 /ADDR=C8 /IRQ=10
DEVICE=C:\PCMPLUS\PCMSCD.EXE /BEEP /COM=2 /RS=4
CONFIG.SYS - Using Cardsoft Card Manager 1.0
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM
BUFFERS=15,0
FILES=60
DOS=HIGH,UMB
FCBS=16,0
DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
STACKS=0,0
DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\SS365SL.EXE
DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\CS.EXE
DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\CSALLOC.EXE C:\CARDSOFT\CSALLOC.INI
DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\ATADRV.EXE (optional for PCMCIA HDDs)
DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\SRAMDRV.EXE (optional for Flash/SRAM PCMCIA cards)
DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\CARDID.EXE
OS/2 Installation of APEX Modem
Both Socket A and Socket B of the T4700CT were tested successfully with the APEX fax/modem under OS/2 2.1, however we could not get the modem speaker to work under OS/2.