Quatech SSP-100, User Manual

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3. Windows 95/98/Millennium (ME)
To allow easy configuration of the SSP-100, an Windows 95/98/ME "INF" configuration file
has been written for the hardware.
3.1 Installing a SSP-100 Under Windows 95/98/ME
1. Insert the SSP-100 into any available PC Card socket.
2. The first time a new PC Card type is installed the New Hardware Found window
opens. After this first installation Windows 95/98/ME will automatically detect and
configure the card. If the New Hardware Found window does not open, then skip to
the next section, “SSP-100 Resource Settings".
3. The New Hardware Found window provides several options to configure the
SSP-100 card. Click the "Search for the best driver for your device" option
button. Click "NEXT" to continue.
4. An "Install from Disk" dialog box should appear. Insert the Quatech COM CD file,
select the correct drive letter and path, and click "OK". Windows 95/98/ME will
browse the path for the aforementioned files.
5. During the installation process, it may be required to supply the computer with the
Windows 95/98/ME CD or installation CDs. Insert the CD and click "OK".
The SSP-100 PC Card should now be configured. With the default configuration, the
SSP-100's interrupt status register will be enable and the 16C750 UART’s scratchpad
register will be disabled. In the future, Windows 95/98/ME will automatically recognize
and configure the SSP-100 in this default configuration.
3.2 SSP-100 Resource Settings in Windows 95/98/ME
Windows 95/98/ME maintains a registry of all known hardware installed within the computer.
Inside this hardware registry Windows 95/98/ME keeps track of all the computer's resources,
such as base I/O addresses, IRQ levels, and DMA channels. In the case of a PC Card
(PCMCIA) type board, Windows 95/98/ME configures the new hardware using free resources it
finds within the hardware registry, and updates the registry automatically.
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