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Date:	Tue, 30 Nov 2004 22:54:48 PST8
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: config.sys bus support ?

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ggranat@earthlink.net wrote:
>
> On my ThinkPad 380XD there are three statements in CONFIG.SYS
> that have to do with the PCMCIA (aka CardBus) bus:
>
> BASEDEV=PCMCIA.SYS
> BASEDEV=IBM2SS14.SYS
> BASEDEV=AUTODRV2.SYS
>
> According to the ConfigTool database:
> - PCMCIA.SYS handles card services for PCMCIA cards and must be
> the first PCMCIA driver.
> - IBM2SS14.SYS is the socket services driver for IBM ThinkPads.
> - AUTODRV2.SYS is an autoconfigurator and supports PCMCIA modems.

Gary, thanks.

"Card services" and "socket services" are new terms for me. Near as I
can tell from some search results, Socket Services is the underlying
software control for any PCMCIA card and Card Services uses Socket
Services to communicate with whatever card is plugged in. Near as I can
figure from *that* is that Socket Services manages the PCMCIA socket
into which you plug something, and Card Services talks to the thing
which you plug in and figures out what it is. Of course, my figuring
might be entirely wrong on this.

Thanks again.

- Peter

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