                 STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION

                           NDIS Drivers
               For TokenCard EliteSeries LAN Adapters

                         RELEASE INFORMATION

   This software is licensed by SMC for use by its customers only.
        Copyright (c) 1994 Standard Microsystems Corporation.
                         All rights reserved.

             Version 2.03                   23 December 1994



VERSION HISTORY

-- Version 2.03 (Current Version for DOS) --

   Added two new keywords: CLOAK and ALLOWRIPL
      CLOAK will enable cloaking. THIS MUST BE ADDED to the
      protocol.ini in order for cloaking to work.
      ALLOWRIPL enables the driver to be RIPL loaded.

   Added two adapter support.

-- Version 1.12 (Current Version for OS/2) --

   Incorporated the new Token Ring microcode.

-- Version 1.11 --

   Fixed a problem with promiscous mode and group addressing.

-- Version 1.10 --

   Fixed a problem with Transmit Timeouts

-- Version 1.09 --

   Fixed problems with cable disconnect on driver initialization.

-- Version 1.08 --

   Fixed connecting to Network problem.

-- Version 1.07 --
   Fixed known 4Mbps LMAC ring insertion problem.

-- Version 1.06 --

   Known Problem

   This version will not load in an IBM Value Point.

-- Version 1.00
   Initial release.  Features include ReceiveLookahead architecture for high
   performance, support for two adapters with a single driver, and UMAC/
   LMAC features for improved maintenance and quick support of new
   products.

   Known Problems

   NDIS Driver:

   Summary:  NDIS driver fails to initialize the second  adapter
             correctly in DOS and OS/2 1.3 environments.
             In both cases the driver fails to bind to the second
             adapter correctly.
   Advice:   Refer to the sample PROTOCOl.INI file in the NDIS
             directory of the SMC SuperDisk Drivers Diskette


   LAN Support Program (LSP) for DOS and LAN Adapter Protocol
   Support (LAPS) Program for OS/2:

   Summary:  When using LAPS or LSP to configure two adapters
             in the system, generates a "DriverName=SMC81002$"
             in the PROTOCOL.INI entry for the second card instead of
             "DriverName=SMC8102$".
   Advice:   Manually edit the PROTOCOL.INI file to change "81002"
             to "8102".

   Summary:  When updating using LAPS or LSP, if you have the correct
             statement "DEVICE=TRINIT.EXE (.SYS)" in the CONFIG.SYS
             file, the program may suggest that you remove that statement.
   Advice:   Make sure that the "DEVICE=TRINIT.EXE (.SYS)" statement
             is located above the "DEVICE=PROTMAN" statement in the
             CONFIG.SYS file.


LOADING THE DOS NDIS DRIVER ABOVE 1MB OF MEMORY

In addition to the SMC8100.DOS NDIS driver on your SuperDisk, SMC
provides another SMC8100.DOS NDIS driver. This driver resides on the
SMC Bulletin Board and can be loaded above 1MB of memory on 386 and
later computers that use a memory manager such as EMM386. EMM386
is supplied with current  versions of  MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows,
and Microsoft Windows for Workgoups.

By loading this driver into extended memory, you make more conventional
memory available for your other applications.

To obtain this SMC8100.DOS NDIS driver, call the SMC Bulletin Board and
download the file BNDxxx.EXE (xxx indicates the driver version).
This file is compressed and contains the SMC8100.DOS file that you can
load above 1MB of memory.

For more information on this driver, please refer to the NDIS.DOC file
on your SMC SuperDisk.


PROTOCOL.INI PARAMETERS

Several parameters are typically specified in the SMC8100 section of
the PROTOCOL.INI file. The only keyword that must be specified
is the 'DriverName'. All parameters have default values supplied by the
driver and can be omitted from the PROTOCOL.INI file if the
installed adapter matches the default configuration. Software-
configurable and Micro Channel adapters ignore the values of IRQ,
IOBase, and RAMAddress and instead use the values in the POS
registers set up when the card was installed.

Below is a list of parameters and their definitions commonly found
in the PROTOCOL.INI file. Both default values and possible value
ranges are provided for each parameter.

IOBase       Specifies the base I/O address used by the adapter.
             The default is 0x280. This parameter is required for
             all ISA adapters.

SlotNumber   Specifies the number of the slot containing the
             adapter card in a Micro Channel machine. This
             parameter is a decimal number in the range of 1 - 10
             and is required for all Micro Channel adapters.

NetAddress   Overrides the factory set network address of the
             network adapter. The value of this parameter is a
             hexadecimal string of 12 digits between double
             quotation marks. The address must be unique among
             all network addresses on the network.

The following parameters are required for WD adapters, which are not
software configurable

IRQ          Specifies the interrupt used by the adapter. The
             default is 3,

RAMAddress   Specifies the Shared RAM segment address used by the
             adapter. The default is 0xD000.


ERROR MESSAGES

"Could not find an adapter [at slot ___] [at I/O base address ___]"
The driver could not find an adapter at the specified location.

"Cannot access adapter RAM properly"
The memory test for adapter memory failed.

"Adapter hardware failure detected (self-test)"
There was an unidentified failure during adapter initialization.

"Adapter hardware failure detected during initialization"
The hardware did not respond correctly to initialization
commands.

"Other system RAM already occupies adapter RAM address space"
There is a RAM conflict with the adapter RAM.

"Other system ROM already occupies adapter RAM address space"
There is a rom conflict with adapter RAM.

"RAM base address chosen for driver does not match adapter
configuration"
The RAM base address must be specified by EZStart.The definition
in the configuration file must be removed.

"IRQ chosen for driver does not match adapter configuration"
The IRQ value must be specified by EZStart. The definition in the
configuration file must be removed.

"RAM size chosen for driver does not match adapter configuration"
The RAM size is stored on the adapter and is fixed in size. The
definition in the configuration file must be removed.

"Adapter IRQ higher than 7 not valid in 8-bit slot"
Adapter IRQ must be set to a value of 7 or lower when the adapter
is installed in an 8-bit slot. Alternatively, you can install
the adapter in a 16-bit slot and use an IRQ greater than 7.

"I/O base address chosen for driver not valid"
The adapter I/O base address must be set between 200h-3E0h at
20h intervals.

"RAM base address chosen for driver not valid (out of range)"
The RAM base address must be between A000h-EC00h.

"IRQ chosen for driver not valid (out of range)"
IRQ values must be between 2-15.

"RAM size chosen for driver not valid (out of range)"
RAM size must be either 200h (8k) or 400h (16k).

"Adapter configuration information corrupted; run software setup
program"
The onboard EEROM contents have been corrupted. Please run EZStart
to verify and correct.


Licensed by Standard Microsystems for use by its customers only.

Cloaking technology is licensed to SMC Corporation and was created
by Helix Software Company Inc. Cloaking is a trademark of Helix
Software Company. Portions Copyright 1993 Helix Software Company.
All rights reserved.

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subcontractor is Standard Microsystems Corporation,   80 Arkay Drive,
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SMC and Standard Microsystems are registered trademarks; and
TokenCard, TokenCard Elite, TokenCard Elite/A, EliteSeries,
EliteView, EZStart, and SuperDisk are trademarks of Standard
Microsystems Corporation.  Other products and company names are
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