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et10+@andrew.cmu.edu (Edmund E. Tsai) writes:


>Has anyone been able to get a Token Ring Adapter to work with Windows?

Yes.  I'm using WinQVT/Net under MS-Windows 3 with an IBM Token Ring
Adapter II/a.  I am currently attached to four NetWare servers (286
and 386) and have telnet sessions to two UNIX hosts.

>I looked at the clarkson drivers and there is a driver for the token
>ring but it says I need to have the IBM LAN software loaded.  Anybody
>know how much this software costs?

The IBM PC LAN Support Program version 1.1 (IBM feature # 5683) lists
for $60.00.  If you have a volume purchase agreement or are an
educational inst. you can get it for $40.00.  Note that version 1.2 is
actually the current version of this software.  I don't have any price
information but would expect version 1.2 is roughly equal to version
1.1 in cost.

>Also, why is it that when I run TOKREUI.COM and then run Windows 3.0,
>Windows crashes?

Don't know.

>I can get the token ring to work if I load TOKREUI.COM in a DOS session
>under windows but after some time I usually get a SYSTEM INTEGRITY
>CORRUPTED message.


The configuration I have is:

    CONFIG.SYS
	device=c:\bin\HIMEM.SYS		     ;Microsoft high memory driver
	device=c:\bin\SMARTDRV.SYS 2048 512  ;Microsoft disk cache
	device=c:\bin\DXMA0MOD.SYS	     ;IBM PC LAN Support program
	device=c:\bin\DXMC0MOD.SYS ,d800     ; " specifies address d800
	device=c:\bin\ANSI.SYS               ;
	lastdrive=k			     ;Makes L: first network drive
	buffers=10			     ;Few buffers because of cache
	files=30			     ;Depends on applications
	stacks=0,0                           ;Save a little RAM
	shell=c:\COMMAND.COM /e:1024 /p      ;Big environment

    AUTOEXEC.BAT
	[bunch of stuff to setup environment -- none useful to you]
	IBMTOKEN.COM 0x61 0		     ;Packet driver for Token Ring
	c:\win\winqvt\PKTINT.COM	     ;WinQVT/Net packet drv interface
	IPX.COM				     ;NetWare IPX protocol driver
	XMSNET3.EXE			     ;NetWare DOS redirector shell
	L:				     ;
	LOGIN				     ;Login on server
	C:
	CD C:\WIN
	WIN				     ;Start MS-Windows
	C:
	CD \


If you are using a NetBios LAN (e.g., IBM PC LAN Program), you will
have to add DXMT0MOD.SYS with the requisite configuration options to
your CONFIG.SYS, and replace IPX and XMSNET3 with NET START and NET
USE commands (as appropriate for your LAN software).

Hope this helps.  Good luck.
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