About Card Services; Verifying Card Services Is Installed; Boot Screen Display; Config.sys File - 3Com ETHERLINK III LAN PC CARD User Manual

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Card Services coordinates the 3C589C PC Card access to
sockets and system resources, including device drivers,
utilities, and application programs. Card Services is usually
preloaded on your PC when you purchase it.
Card Services automatically sets the I/O Base Address,
Interrupt Request Level, and the CIS Memory Base Address
for the 3C589C PC Card. Card Services also blocks access to
Socket Services by clients that do not conform to the
PC Card standard.
This appendix describes the Card Services information for
the 3C589C PC Card.

Verifying Card Services Is Installed

You can verify whether Card Services is installed in your PC
by checking the boot screen and looking in the CONFIG.SYS
file. The 3C589C PC Card software verifies whether Card
Services is installed and also displays whether or not you
have Card Services.

Boot Screen Display

The PC boot screen may display the following line for some
versions of Card Services:
Card Services Installed

CONFIG.SYS File

If Card Services is not displayed on the boot screen, check
the device section of the CONFIG.SYS file. If Card Services is
installed, one device statement will list Card Services, Card
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