Top Document: Compaq Contura Aero Frequently Asked Questions Previous Document: 3.3.8.4 Aero floppy under Warp? Next Document: 3.4 Original Compaq Software Disks See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Check out:"http://godzilla.eecs.berkeley.edu/os2/pharmacy/aero.html" for the official word on the subject. [A] I have not tested to run Warp (and it's not officially supported) but there is a Rompaq to be able to install it and there is also VLSI PCMCIA drivers available from IBM (both for 2.11 and Warp). Take a look at ftp://ftp.europe.ibm.com/psmemea/os2drivers/pcmcia/ It says it's for Elite but as I understand it the important thing is that it is for VLSI. [A] I'm using Warp with the "Compaq Concerta" pcmcia drivers. It seems to work but my understanding is that the Concerta uses the Cirrus chip, and the Aero and Elite both use the VLSI chip. [A] If anybody is interested ... I know some people are (there must be! grin) the URL ftp://ftp.europe.ibm.com/psmea/pcmcia contains: sp1073.zip - A version of the BIOS that allows OS/2 to access the floppy drive (if it's inserted at bootup) cvlsi3.zip - A socket services driver for the Compaq LTE that uses the same chipset as the Aero, and will allow you to use PCMCIA cards with full plug and play support under OS/2 Unfortunately if you install both the floppy drive driver (ibm1flpy.add) and the socket services driver (ssvlsi.sys) at the same time, the socket services driver clobbers the floppy driver and you can't access the floppy drive. At least we now have the option of using the floppy drive and the PCMCIA port now! NB: *.sys basedev's are loaded before *.add basedevs, I tried renaming ibm1flpy.add to ibm1flpy.sys and loading it before the socket services driver and it still clobbered it. I haven't tested the PCMCIA port, because I don't have any supported PCMCIA devices other than my network card (Accton - if anybody knows of OS/2 drivers then please tell me!) and my floppy card; but both are noted as being inserted/removed and the OEM id's are displayed, so I assume that if you have a standard PCMCIA modem or other device it will work; check the above URL for drivers for SCSI & other widgets ... User Contributions:Top Document: Compaq Contura Aero Frequently Asked Questions Previous Document: 3.3.8.4 Aero floppy under Warp? Next Document: 3.4 Original Compaq Software Disks Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: Philip Wilk <PWilk-aerofaq@ZenSpider.com>
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