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From: lwilson@umabco.UUCP (Lowell G. Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: 3c503 on an XT
Keywords: hangs when I load the packet driver
Message-ID: <875@umabco.UUCP>
Date: 28 Feb 90 16:37:24 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, IRMD, Baltimore, MD 21201
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We are using the NCSA software here in our Novell environment and it
works like a dream.  However, I've just tried to load and run the stuff
on a true-blue IBM XT with a 3c503 installed and I can't get past
loading the packet driver.  I can get the driver loaded but after that,
any command I issue seems to cause the machine to hang.  If I do a
directory listing, I get half the directory and then everything stops
and I have to power the machine off to get control back.  I ran into a
similar problem with a ps/2 model 70 and found I could fix it by
changing the software interrupt number.  I figured that was what was
wrong this time so I checked the Appendix that comes with the packet
driver instructions (drivers.doc) and looked for interrupts that weren't
being used by anything else.  Changing the interrupt seems to help some,
but the machine still hangs after a while.  Any ideas? I've read
everthing I can get my hands on and I'm stuck!  Thanks for any help you
can offer...
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Lowell Wilson : Sinecure III        University of Maryland at Baltimore    
                                    Information Resources Mgt Division     
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