Installing Adaptec PCMCIA SlimSCSI & 3Com PCMCIA 3C589 Ethernet

[ucklw08 <ucklw08@ucl.ac.uk>]

Several people have asked how I configured my Thinkpad 750Cs for use
with Adaptec PCMCIA APA-1460 SlimSCSI and 3Com PCMCIA 3C589 Ethernet.

PLEASE MAKE BACKUP COPIES OF YOUR CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, and WINDOWS
SYSTEM.INI BEFORE UNDERTAKING THESE CHANGES.  

If you are extra cautious you might backup your entire system first.

I started with PC-DOS 5.02 and Windows 3.1 pre-installed on my hard drive.
Then, I downloaded and installed the latest versions of the software code:

    From www.pc.ibm.com --

        uttp1310.exe -- TP750 Utilities
        aftps140.exe -- TP750 Audio Features
        vftps133.exe -- TP750 Video Features
        tppcm130.exe -- TP750 PCMCIA

    From www.adaptec.com --

        EZ-SCSI

    From www.3com.com --

        3C589 Drivers Diskette (including 3C589PD.EXE)

I hand optimized my CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to maximize available
memory.  This included use of B000-B7FF (unused monochrome VGA memory)
and E000-E5FF (unused BIOS memory) for UMB's (upper memory blocks).  
Note: change WINDOWS/SYSTEM.INI as follows to use B000-B7FF/E000-E5FF:

   EMMExclude=C000-C7FF
   VDDFreeB000=Yes

CONFIG.SYS:

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE noems I=B000-B7FF X=C000-C7FF I=E000-E5FF
DOS=HIGH,UMB
FILES=30
BUFFERS=20
STACKS=9,256
LASTDRIVE=F
rem **** pcmcia soc svcs 2,0, crd svcs 2.0, rsc map util, pwr mgt util ****
DEVICEhigh=C:\THINKPAD\IBMDSS01.SYS 
DEVICEhigh=C:\THINKPAD\IBMDOSCS.SYS 
DEVICEhigh=C:\THINKPAD\DICRMU01.SYS /MA=C000-C7FF /SH=1
DEVICEhigh=C:\THINKPAD\$ICPMDOS.SYS 
rem **** dos advanced power management ****
devicehigh=C:\DOS\POWER.EXE
rem **** pcmcia autoconfig ****
DEVICEhigh=C:\THINKPAD\AUTODRV.SYS C:\THINKPAD\AUTODRV.INI
rem **** pcmcia ata/sram driver *****
rem DEVICEhigh=C:\THINKPAD\DISKDRV.SYS
DEVICEhigh=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
rem COUNTRY=044,850,C:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM /E:1024 /P C:\DOS
DEVICEhigh=C:\DOS\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(EGA,,1)
DEVICEhigh=C:\IBMVESA\VESA.EXE
rem **** thinkpad audio test -- do not load high => system hangs !!! ****
rem DEVICE=C:\IBMAUDIO\DIAG\AUDTEST.SYS /V=10
rem **** thinkpad audio driver -- not required for windows sound system ****
rem DEVICE=C:\IBMAUDIO\AUDIODD\TPAUDDD.SYS
rem **** adaptec aspi (scsi) drivers for disk, tape, and cdrom ****
DEVICEhigh=C:\SCSI\ASPI2DOS.SYS /pause /D /PCMCIA /Z 
DEVICEhigh=C:\SCSI\ASPIDISK.SYS /D
DEVICEhigh=C:\SCSI\ASPICD.SYS /D:ASPICD0 

AUTOEXEC.BAT:

rem lh C:\IBMODEM\ESTDFM s1c2
lh C:\SCSI\MSCDEX.EXE /D:ASPICD0 /M:12 /L:e
echo off
PATH C:\WINDOWS;c:\dos;c:\thinkpad;c:\ucl\slip
path %PATH%;C:\ALDUS;C:\FH4;c:\epsilon;c:\nu80;c:\nav30
SET TEMP=C:\TMP
SET TMP=C:\TMP
lh C:\dos\SMARTDRV.EXE 2048 1024
PROMPT [$p]
MODE CON CODEPAGE PREPARE=((850) C:\DOS\EGA.CPI)
MODE CON CODEPAGE SELECT=850
lh KEYB UK,,C:\DOS\KEYBOARD.SYS /ID:166
rem lh C:\DOS\DOSKEY
rem lh C:\WINDOWS\mouse.COM /Y
break on
rem **** thinkpad feature specific settings ****
SET READIBM=C:\READIBM\READIBM.PRO
SET PS2MSG=C:\THINKPAD\PS2.MSG
rem lh C:\THINKPAD\FUELDOS
lh c:\tn\3c589pd
lh c:\tn\winpkt 96
cls
type c:\dos\motd.txt