From: Victor C. Kress (kress_at_oz.geology.washington.edu)
Date: Tue May 03 1994 - 13:13:49 EDT
I recently purchased a 3com combo 10bt-10b2 card, and it seems to be
working fine with Easy Play. I have version 3.5 of the 3com drivers and
v.1.01 of Easyplay. EasyPlay recognized the ethernet card right away when
the ipx etc. drivers were not loaded, including hot-plugging. EasyPlay
locked the computer quite effectively (even ctrl-alt-del was disabled) when
the drivers were loaded.
In the CS_HLPR directory of the 3com disk there are 2 files. One is a
readme file which describes this problem. Apparently, the 3com uses an
enabler-style driver which isn't good at communicating with card-services
drivers. When card services are requested, the 3com drivers are
automaticly turned off, locking your computer big time. They do provide a
fix. Also in the CS_HLPR directory is a file called HELP_589.DOS. By
loading this file onto your hard disk, and loading in in your CONFIG.SYS
after the AUTODRV.INI, all conflicts are reconciled. I can now use the
3com card and EasyPlay with no problems. I assume that users of real
operating systems don't have to bother with all of this whoii.
Good Luck
-Victor Kress
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