HP LTE Notebook PC 5150 Compaq Portable PC Card Support for Microsoft Windows - Page 1

WHITE PAPER February 1998 Prepared By Portable Software Marketing 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 PC Card Solutions Program 7 World Wide Web Resources ... 8 Frequently Asked Questions 9 List of Tables 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. 1