    AST RESEARCH, INC.          TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1806          3/27/98

    TITLE  DOS PCMCIA For MiniDock (Ascentia M)

    ISSUE

       While AST does not support the use of DOS on the Ascentia M, some
       customers have found that they cannot access the PCMCIA slots on
       the MiniDock.

    BACKGROUND

       N/A

    ACTION

       To resolve the issue, perform the steps below:

       1. In BIOS Setup, set the PnP OS setting to NO.

       2. Install the Phoenix Card manager drivers located in the
       \Drivers\Win31\PCMCIA directory on the Ascentia M System
       Restore and Device Driver CD-ROM and reboot the system.

       3. Download the file 13795031.exe from one of the AST on-line
       forums.  Place the file in a temporary directory and run the file.

       4. Copy the file, pcminit.sys file to C:\PCM4 and add the
       following line to the top of the config.sys file:

             DEVICE=C:\PCM4\PCMINIT.SYS

       5. Ensure that PCMSSCL9.EXE is installed after
       PCMSS.EXE in CONFIG.SYS.
       (i.e., DEVICEHIGH=C:\PCM4\PROGRAM\PCMSSCL9.EXE)

       6. Before editing the PCM.INI file, AST recommends making a backup
       copy of the file by running:

       copy c:\pcm4\program\pcm.ini c:\pcm4\program\pcm.old

       7. Edit the C:\PCM4\PROGRAM\PCM.INI file. Four lines may need to
       be modified and one line will need to be added. The following is
       an example pcm.ini file. All of the modifications are shown below
       and are preceded by the original line which has been commented out
       with the following phrase:

       CHG by AST ---

       ; PCM.INI - Initialization File for PCM Version 4

       [SETUP-DEFAULTS]
       ; Allow VAR the ability to specify working defaults and screen
       order

       ResourceCheckMode=1

       ; Setup mode: 0== Quick; 1 == Advanced
       SetupModeType=1
       SetupMode=

       SocketCountType=1
       SocketCount=

       ; Resource collision resolution (Manual or Auto)

       ; CHG by AST --- ConflictResolution=AUTO
       ; ---Change to manual as follows!!!
       ConflictResolution=MANUAL

       ; Load/Don't Load ATA and Flash support

       Load_ATA=Yes
       Load_MTD=No

       ; Command line options

       ; CHG by AST --- pcmss=/ZV /ADDR=D8
       ; --- Remove /ADDR=D8 as follows!!!
       pcmss=/ZV /SPEAKER /SERIALIRQ
       ; or this line may be used PCMSS=/ZV

       pcmcs=/POLL /PCL=4
       pcmrman=
       pcmscd=
       ; CHG by WW --- pcmata=/ATANOCIS /S2=1 /S3=1
       ; --- Remove this line entirely!!!
       usecards=

       WindowsType=1
       WindowsPath=C:\WINDOWS

       FFSType=1
       FFSPath=
       FFSWindowBase=
       FFSWindowSize=16
       FFSNoOfPartitions=1
       FFSNoOfEraseQueues=1

       ModemType=1
       ComPort=

       ATAType=1
       ATAWindowBase=CF00
       ATASpinDownTime=5
       ATANoOfPartitions=1

       AdvancedInfoType=1
       IRQ=
       CISWindowBase=CE00
       TokenRingSpeed=16
       CardSettleTime=660

       [INSTALL.Resources]
       ; include_mem=0xCE-0xDF
       include_mem=0xCE-0xD1
       ; exclude_mem=0xa0-0xbf,0xe0-0xff
       exclude_mem=0xa0-0xbf,0xd2-0xff
       include_io=
       exclude_io=
       include_irq=
       exclude_irq=0X00,0x01,0x02,0x08
       include_dma=
       exclude_dma=0x02
       EMM386_Argument=NOEMS X=CE00-DFFF

       [COM]
       1=0x3f8,0x8,0x4,0x1
       2=0x2f8,0x8,0x3,0x1
       3=0x3e8,0x8,0x4,0x1
       4=0x2e8,0x8,0x3,0x1
       COMORDER=2

       [NETWORK]
       RS=16

       ; - Card/Configuration List -

       [DEFAULT]

       ; CHG by AST --- pcmss=/ZV /ADDR=D8 /CMDevID=FFFFFFFF /ADDWAIT=00
       ; --- Remove /ADDR=D8 and add /SPEAKER, /SERIALIRQ as follows!!!
       pcmss=/ZV /CMDevID=FFFFFFFF /ADDWAIT=00 /SPEAKER /SERIALIRQ

       ; CHG by AST ---
       ; Add the following line
       pcmss1=/CMDevID=FFFFFFFF /ADDWAIT=02 /NO3V /6730

       pcmcs=/ADDR=CE /WAIT=20 /POLL /PCL=4
       pcmscd=
       pcmrman=
       pcmata=
       UseCards=
       SetupMode=7
       WindowsPath=C:\WINDOWS
       ComPort=2
       IRQ=15
       CISWindowBase=ce00
       TokenRingSpeed=16
       CardSettleTime=660

       [DEFAULT.Resources]
       include_mem=0xce-0xd0
       exclude_mem=0xc8-0xcd,0xd1-0xdf
       include_io=
       exclude_io=
       include_irq=
       exclude_irq=
       include_dma=
       exclude_dma=

    NOTES

       You can download this file from the following services:

          AST WWW Site:  http://www.ast.com
          AST On-Line! BBS*:  See IB0001.TXT
          CompuServe:  GO: ASTFORUM
          Prodigy:   JUMP: ASTSUPPORT
          * Refer to IB0001.TXT for a list of AST's
            international BBS numbers.

    SYSTEMS AFFECTED

       This issue affects all Ascentia M and MiniDock systems.

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