DE-22OP Series Ethernet Adapter / User’s Guide
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Windows 95
Windows NT & Windows
NT Advanced Server
SUN PC-NFS
Banyan VINES
Packet, Driver
FTP PC/TCP
DEC Pathworks
IBM LAN Server & PC
LAN Support Program
3Com 3+0pen & 3 C o m
3+Share
WIN/TCP Pathway Ac-
cess for DOS
SC0 UNIX
AT&T UNIX
UNIXware
Solaris UNIX
Overview of PnP
Plug and Play technology (PnP) is defined by Plug and
Play ISA Specification v. l.Oa. A fully functional PnP
system includes a PnP-compliant, operating system, a
PnP system BIOS, and PnP-compliant, interface cards.
Windows 95 is the first popular PnP-compliant operat-
ing system. Computer mainboards with PnP BIOS’s
are just reaching the market.
In the interim, PnP technology still provides substan-
tial benefits. For example, after installing a non-PnP-
compliant, Ethernet, adapter card (a traditional, non-
PnP-compliant, card may be called a legacy card) into
Introduction
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