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NTRODUCTION
3C589C PC Card Features
The 3C589C PC Card has the following features:
■
Parallel Tasking
architecture for greater network speed.
■
Automatic PC Card configuration (AutoLink
program) for
Novell
NetWare
.
■
Compliance with 10BASE-T and 10BASE2 standards.
■
Integrated Card Services support.
■
“Hot Swap” support (you can remove and replace the
PC Card without rebooting the PC if you have Card Services
installed).
■
EtherDisk
diskette containing the 3C589C PC Card software,
network drivers, and text files that contain technical
information about the 3C589C PC Card.
3C589C PC Card Requirements
To use the 3C589C PC Card successfully, make sure you meet
the following installation requirements:
■
Your PC must have a PCMCIA Release 2.1, Type II or Type III
(or PC Card standard) card slot and a 3 1/2-inch diskette
drive.
■
Your PC must be running DOS 3.1 or higher.
■
Your PC must have an 80386 or higher processor.
■
Your PC must have 450 K of memory to run the 3C589C
installation software.
■
You must have access to a network port for a network
connection. See your MIS representative to get a network
port.
■
If your PC is using a memory manager (all PCs using
Microsoft
Windows
use a memory manager) and you do
not have Card Services installed, you must exclude upper
memory. Refer to the section “Avoiding Memory Manager
Conflicts” in Appendix A for a sample procedure.