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From: hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp (HOSOKAWA Tatsumi)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PCMCIA support?
Date: 5 Mar 1996 04:56:56 GMT
Organization: Tokoro Laboratory, Keio University, Yokohama Japan.
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In article <4gvjjv$ril@ns.gsl.net>
jun@wolfox.gsl.net writes:

>> 	I solved the X11 start up problem, it was due to the mouse device not
>> in the kernel. Now I am trying to figure out why the kernel could not find
>> any serial port, or modem. The machine is a Compaq LTE Elite laptop. One PCMCIA
>> slot has 3COM EtherLink III card, that works fine. the other PCMCIA slot has
>> US Robotics Courier 28,800 card. In addition, the COM1 port is free.
>> 
>> 	Under normal Windows or Windows 95, the OS finds both the cards and the
>> COM1 port without problem, the address for COM1 is normal, 03F8 - 03FF, IRQ 4.

PCMCIA cards does not work with card-service software.  zp (3c589
driver) has quick-hack PCMCIA enabler in it.

If you want to use PCMCIA modem cards under FreeBSD, information and
driver package can be found at "FreeBSD PCMCIA Driver" page.  The URL
is,

http://www.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp/person/hosokawa/freebsd-pcmcia/

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	HOSOKAWA, Tatsumi              E-mail: hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp
	  WWW homepage: http://www.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp/person/hosokawa.html
	Department of Computer Science, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan