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From: wouk@romeo.cs.duke.edu (Arthur Wouk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: combo board problems
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Date: 20 May 89 15:02:23 GMT
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In article <12185@rcsuna.UUCP> rhaar@rcsuna.UUCP (Bob Haar CS50) writes:
>
>
>My system is a 7300 UNIX PC with 1 Meg of RAM on the motherboard
>running release 3.51 . I bought an EIA/RAM combo board with 
         ^^^^^^^^^^^
>0.5 Meg and 2 serial ports. When I brought up the system
>with this board, I began to experience problems. The memory
>
>The board came with a floppy containing RS232 expansion port
>software (v. 3.0). The auto-install proceedure failed - hangup
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>up with a message saying "Loading device drivers" for > 30 min.

THE DISK SHIPPED WITH THE BOARD IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS USE.

that is your problem. i had this when i installed the combo board. i
called at&t and they pointed this out. you must use the expansion
port software which came with the 3.51 system. there is a specific
disk for this installation which is different for 3.51. 


since finding the appropriate disk and using it, all is well.

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