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- Compaq Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4. - Page 1
Compaq Computer Corporation CONTENTS Platform PC Card Support 3 Supported PC Card Features 3 CardBus Support 3 Enhanced Power Management 4 Extended Feature Set 5 Supported PC Card Types 6 CardWare® 5.0 Availability 6 Additional PC Card Support Resources ......... 7 PCMCIA Association 7 Compaq - Compaq Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4. - Page 2
COMPAQ SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL ASSOCIATED WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. IN NO EVENT WILL COMPAQ Office. LTE 5000, MultiBay, and Netelligent are trademarks of Compaq Computer Corporation Corporation. ©1998 Compaq Computer Corporation. Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows - Compaq Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4. - Page 3
Windows NT 4.0 without CardWare® 5.0 requires basic software drivers for the PC Card peripheral called direct enablers1 and that the PC Card be inserted into the slot prior to turning on the notebook. Using a direct enabler offers support for a specific PC Card and only for a limited set of features - Compaq Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4. - Page 4
Card vendors have yet to release updated software drivers that incorporate this latest addition to the PCMCIA specification. Customers who require the highest levels of reliability and performance on Compaq portable platforms should insist on PC Card vendors whose products have been designed to meet - Compaq Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4. - Page 5
Icon Configuration on Card Insertion & Automatic Application Launch Hot PC Card Insertion Hot PC Card Removal6 Recognition Beeps Docking Station PC Card Slot Support Ring Resume7 Standby with PC Cards8 Windows NT 4.0 Native PC Card Support 3 CardWare® 5.0 for Windows NT 4.0 (v2.0x 4 CardWare - Compaq Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4. - Page 6
pre-installed on select models within the Armada 1500, Armada 7300, Armada 7700 and Armada 7800 families. It is also available on the Compaq Software CD specific to each Armada notebook computer family. For a small fee, this CD is available through Compaq Customer Service & Support and includes all - Compaq Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4. - Page 7
LTE 5000 and the complete Armada family of notebook computers16. Standard PC Cards are vendor-tested in the Compaq PC Card Solutions Lab on the latest Compaq portable platforms. The Standard List is a useful resource for customers looking for a PC Card solution proven on a specific portable computer - Compaq Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4. - Page 8
PC CARD SOLUTIONS PARTICIPANT ON THE WEB Vendor 3Com Adaptec Angia Avatar Compaq http://www.compaq.com/support/files/ NPD/netelligent/nic/tx/index.html http://www.networking.ibm.com/trc/trcprod.html http://www.intel.com/ http://www.lasat.com/products/ http://www.madge.com/product/adapt - Compaq Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4. - Page 9
more information on the level of support offered for power management in their PC Card software drivers. What is the best way to choose PC Cards most suited for use with my Compaq LTE Elite, Contura 400, LTE 5000 or Armada portable computer? In 1995 Compaq unveiled its PC Card Solutions Program; an - Compaq Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4. - Page 10
WHITE PAPER (cont.) ... LIST OF TABLES Table 1 - PC Card support by Compaq portable computer family 3 Table 2 - CardBus features & benefits summary 4 Table 3 - CardWare® 5.0 Feature Comparison by Version 6 Table 4 - Supported PC Cards - Windows NT 4.0 versus CardWare® 5.0 6 Table 5 - Summary of
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February 1998
Prepared By
Portable Software
Marketing
Compaq Computer
Corporation
C
ONTENTS
Platform PC Card
Support
..........................
3
Supported PC Card
Features
.........................
3
CardBus Support
..................
3
Enhanced Power Management 4
Extended Feature Set
............
5
Supported PC Card
Types
.............................
6
CardWare
®
5.0
Availability
.....................
6
Additional PC Card
Support Resources
.........
7
PCMCIA Association
.............
7
Compaq PC Card Solutions
Program
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7
World Wide Web Resources ... 8
Frequently Asked
Questions
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9
List of Tables
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10
Compaq Portable PC Card Support for
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Compaq delivers the highest quality portable computer solutions for Windows NT 4.0
Workstation. The purpose of this White Paper is to describe unique features Compaq
provides with respect to PC Card functionality.
To enable CardBus PC Card functionality for Windows NT 4.0 on portable platforms,
Compaq provides CardWare
®
5.0 licensed from Award Software International. PC Card
support is an area of hardware functionality where only a limited feature set is inherently
supported by the operating system. CardWare
®
5.0 is an award winning application that
greatly expands the level of PC Card functionality under Windows NT 4.0. This White
Paper will highlight supported Compaq platforms and key features, as well as other
initiatives that contribute to a comprehensive PC Card solution for Compaq portable
customers using Windows NT 4.0.
This is the second edition of the document. This edition includes minor updates to include
the Armada 4200 as well as the Armada 7800 platform.
This document is intended for external audiences with a need for information about the
Compaq implementation of PC Card support under Windows NT 4.0.