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- HP Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Page 1
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 - HP Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Page 2
TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS OR CHANGES TO THIS PUBLICATION AND THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES HEREIN DESCRIBED AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT NOTICE OR OBLIGATION. This Corporation. ©1998 Compaq Computer Corporation. Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Second Edition (February 1998) First - HP Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Page 3
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 and functionality when compared with PC Cards operating under CardWare® 5.0. Hot PC - HP Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Page 4
volt power consumption Extends battery life in most configurations. 33MHz PCI Bus Provides up to 132MB per second peak transfer rates to support high performance peripherals such as 100Mbps Ethernet network interface cards and up to 40Mbps Ultra SCSI PC Card interfaces. Bus mastering capability - HP Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Page 5
The table compares those features provided with CardWare® 5.0 and compares with the basic PC Card feature set provided by Windows NT 4.0 SUPPORTED FEATURES Supported Features PC Card-16 32 Bit CardBus Cards2 APM 1.1 APM 1.2 Multi Volt Cards 5.0 Volt Cards 3.3 Volt Cards Socket Naming Socket Power - HP Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Page 6
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 software for your Armada notebook. For customers who only require CardWare® 5.0 and would prefer not receive it on CD - HP Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Page 7
The PC Card Solutions Program is yet another way Compaq delivers on it promise to provide the most usable and reliable Windows NT 4.0 PC Card support in the industry. 14 Available 3Q97. 15 CardWare® 5.0 is currently being preinstalled on the Armada 7800, Armada 7700, Armada 7300 Armada 1500. 16 The - HP Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Page 8
portpcon/d_sheets/1460a-2Features.html http://www.angia.com/web/products/isdn/ http://www.goavatar.com/products/shark250/index.html 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 - HP Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Page 9
If you have difficulty with installation, setup or configuration of CardWare® 5.0, contact Compaq Customer Service & Support. Customer Service & Support is also able to provide support for installation, setup and configuration of Premier List qualified PC Card solutions. Customers should contact - HP Armada 1500 | Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Page 10
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 the various ways to obtain a copy of CardWare® 5.0 7 Table
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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
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3
CardBus Support
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3
Enhanced Power Management 4
Extended Feature Set
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5
Supported PC Card
Types
.............................
6
CardWare
®
5.0
Availability
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6
Additional PC Card
Support Resources
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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.