    AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1556          8-16-96

    TITLE: OS/2 Warp, Nokia Card, Ascentia P

    SUMMARY

       The Ascentia P system may recognize the Nokia PCMCIA card as a
       serial device instead of a modem.

       This issue affects all the Ascentia P systems.

    ISSUE

       When using a Nokia PCMCIA card on an Ascentia P system with
       OS/2 Warp, the system may recognize the card as a serial device
       instead of a modem.  This may cause the card not to function as
       it was designed.

    BACKGROUND

       The default installation of OS/2 creates a CONFIG.SYS file that
       may not support the Nokia card configuration .

       There is currently no specific card driver available for the Nokia
       card.  The card must be used as a modem in order to operate
       correctly.

    ACTION

       To configure the PCMCIA card as a modem, perform the following
       steps:

       1. Install OS/2 Warp using the default configuration.

       2. When selecting a PCMCIA device, select Ascentia 800N as your
          system.

       3. After the installation is complete, reboot the system and go to
          the system icon.

       4. Select the OS/2 command prompt.

       5. Download file IBM2CL11.ZIP from the IBM's Web site into a
          temporary directory.  Unzip it and copy file IBM2CL1.SYS into
          the OS/2 directory.  This file contains the fix for this
          problem.  The current address, as of this printing is:

          ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/os2ddpak/ibm2cl11.zip

       6. Type the following command:

             e c:\CONFIG.SYS

          This will open an editor.  Remove the line below:

             Basedev=IBM2AST1.sys

          and replace it with:

             BASEDEV=IBM2CL1.SYS /s0=2

       7. Make sure the followings lines are contained before this entry
          in CONFIG.SYS:

    		DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VWIN.SYS
    		DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VW32S.SYS
    		BASEDEV=PCMCIA.SYS /P
    		DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VPCMCIA.SYS
    		DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\COM.SYS
    		DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VCOM.SYS
    		DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\AUTODRV2.SYS C:\OS2\AUTODRV2.INI

    NOTES

       N/A

    TAN 001145FC and 000400CI

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