Epson ActionNote 880CX User Manual - Page 48

Configuring PC Cards, Enter, Caution

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Your system also includes two DOS video utilities, SETVGA and SETCOL, located in the C:\ UTIL directory. For more information, type one of the following commands and press Enter at the DOS prompt in the C:\ UTIL directory: SETCOL SETVGA Configuring PC Cards Whenever you turn off or reset your computer, you see a prompt asking if you want to load the PC card drivers. You must load the drivers (the default setting) if you are going to use a PC card. If you are not going to use a PC card, do not load the drivers (press 2 and Enter at the prompt) because they take up system memory that could be free for other uses. Once you have loaded the drivers and inserted a PC card, your computer configures most PC cards automatically using the installed CardSoftTM and CardViewTM software. CardSoft drivers and utilities are for use with MS-DOS and CardView is for use with Windows. Caution If you run the MS-DOS MEMMAKER utility, or load a memory manager program (such as EMM386.EXE), you must ensure that these programs do not interfere with the memory addresses and other settings used by your PCMCIA card drivers. See "PC Card Problems" in Chapter 5 for instructions on using these programs. Using Your Computer 2-13

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Your system also includes two DOS video utilities, SETVGA
and SETCOL, located in the C:\ UTIL directory. For more
information, type one of the following commands and press
Enter
at the DOS prompt in the C:\ UTIL directory:
SETCOL
SETVGA
Configuring PC Cards
Whenever you turn off or reset your computer, you see a
prompt asking if you want to load the PC card drivers. You
must load the drivers (the default setting) if you are going to
use a PC card. If you are not going to use a PC card, do not load
the drivers (press 2 and
Enter
at the prompt) because they take
up system memory that could be free for other uses.
Once you have loaded the drivers and inserted a PC card, your
computer configures most PC cards automatically using the
installed CardSoft
TM
and CardView
TM
software. CardSoft drivers
and utilities are for use with MS-DOS and CardView is for use
with Windows.
Caution
If you run the MS-DOS MEMMAKER utility, or load a
memory manager program (such as EMM386.EXE), you
must ensure that these programs do not interfere with the
memory addresses and other settings used by your PCMCIA
card drivers. See “PC Card Problems” in Chapter 5 for
instructions on using these programs.
Using Your Computer 2-13