DEC DEPCA/DEMCA NDIS driver version 1.2 for OS/2
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with constructed NIF working with IBM TCP/IP 1.2.1 for OS/2 LAPS
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README text
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Version 1.0.1

Horst Kiehl <h.p.kiehl@kfa-juelich.de>


Introduction
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NDIS is an industry standard providing a network adapter and network  protocol
interface.  A   NIF  (Network   Information  File)   describes  the   possible
PROTOCOL.INI file entries for the accompanying network adapter driver.

As of late 1992/early 1993, DEC  Germany was unable to provide a  DEPCA.NIF of
NDIS version 2.01 for their DEPCA/DEMCA driver. Thus, this driver could not be
installed  for  IBM  TCP/IP  1.2.1  for  OS/2 using it's LAPS installation and
configuration facility, which requires NDIS version 2.01.


Notes
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The accompanying  DEPCA.NIF was  constructed using  some NDIS  network adapter
driver's *.NIFs of NDIS version 2.01 (provided with IBM TCP/IP 1.2.1 for OS/2)
as form models  and the README.TXT  accompanying the DEPCA.OS2  driver version
1.2 as the content source, retaining the latter's comments.

The original README.TXT and DEPCA.NIF  from DEC are renamed to  README.BAK and
DEPCA.BAK, allowing for the  constructed DEPCA.NIF and this  README.TXT. There
is an additional DSKLBL.TXT file for a simple diskette label. The other  files
are unchanged as from DEC.

Not all files  accompanying the DEC  DEPCA/DEMCA driver version  1.2 are here,
but  only  files  needed  with  IBM  TCP/IP  1.2.1 for OS/2 LAPS, or providing
information pertaining to this combination.


Attention
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In  the  past,  I  experienced  that  this DEPCA.OS2 driver version 1.2, dated
92-04-30  17:51  and  sized  17460  bytes,  sometimes  mixed  up  the possible
RamAddress settings; at least:

* if the PROTOCOL.INI entry was D000,
  the driver sometimes displayed (when started) it used D800-DFFF

* if the PROTOCOL.INI entry was D800,
  the driver sometimes displayed (when started) it used D000-DFFF


Revisions
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1.0 Created

1.0.1 * Renamed _DEPCA.NIF to DEPCA.BAK - and _README.TXT to README.BAK -
        because the name _DEPCA.NIF caused LAPS to display a confusing,
        altrough benign, error message

      * Changed the warning under "Attention" to say "in the past" and
        "sometimes" because I don't experience it anymore

      * Clarified the wording in the first paragraph under "Notes"
        to clarify how the DEPCA.NIF was constructed

      * Updated my e-mail address


Disclaimer
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There are no  warranties; the constructed  DEPCA.NIF, the DSKLBL.TXT  and this
README.TXT are provided as-is.
