A.3.4 ventura/award card services driver, A.4 using memmaker (supplied with ms-dos 6.xx), A.4.1 notes for those with phoenix drivers – Campbell Scientific CSM1 Card Storage Module User Manual

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Appendix A. PCMCIA Driver Software Notes

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A.3.4 Ventura/Award Card Services Driver

The .INI file is CARDWARE.INI. The format of this file is explained in the
file CWINI.TXT. The Ventura drivers that SMCRead was tested with did not
auto detect memory ranges, so you must edit CARDWARE.INI. This is not a
fearsome task however.

The memory range is specified by a line, near the top of the file, such as

[Resources]

MEM=0xD0000,0x10000,E

The range is a FULL address and not a SEGMENT address as in the EMM386
line in the CONFIG.SYS file. The second number is not the end of the range
but the size of the range. The 0x signifies the number is hexadecimal. The
above example specifies the range D0000 to DFFFF. If the size was 0x9000
the range specified would be D0000 to D8FFF.

Finally, the E must be supplied, unless you already know of a good reason not
to do so.

A.4 Using MemMaker (supplied with MS-DOS 6.xx)

This section does not apply specifically to SMCRead, but you may wish to run
MemMaker after adjusting the CardServices memory range. These notes will
help you to that end.

Before running MemMaker, make sure that you specify the exclude range on
the EMM386 line of CONFIG.SYS. If you have any drivers which must not
be loaded into high memory you should follow the instructions below for
Phoenix users.

A.4.1 Notes for those with Phoenix Drivers

You should choose CUSTOM SET-UP when running MemMaker, and make
sure the following options are set:

Specify which drivers and TSRs to include in optimization YES

Keep current EMM386 memory inclusions and exclusion YES (default)

Because CNFIGNAM cannot be loaded high, you should tell MemMaker
(when asked) that CNFIGNAME is not to be included in the optimization
process.

A.4.2 Notes for those with Ventura/Award or SystemSoft

Drivers

All of your drivers can be loaded high, and so you may run MemMaker in
express mode.

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