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DOS & Windows 3.x Installation
1. With the power turned off, insert the Octopus-550 card into any free
PCI slot in your PC.Turn your PC on. Boot to DOS.
2. Place the
Octopus-550
the Win3.11 subdirectory of this diskette you will find a file called
"Lavaconf.exe" . Copy this file to your hard drive and run it.
3. When run, Lavaconf.exe will display two sets of four I/O addresses
and one IRQ.These correspond to the addresses and IRQ chosen by
your PC when configuring the
4. If you are using Windows 3.x, start Windows and go to Control Panel
| Ports. Choose Com 3 for Port 1 and Com 4 for Port 2 on the
Octopus-550
and IRQ for each port as reported by Lavaconf.exe. Reboot your PC
for these changes to take effect.
Note: Native DOS and Windows 3.X support a maximum of four Com
ports in a PC. If you wish to use four ports on the
disable the existing ports on your motherboard. Users running DOS or
Windows 3.x exclusively on a system with an Octopus-550 will be
unable to access four of the card's ports, regardless of configuration.
installation diskette into your floppy drive. In
. Click the Advanced button and enter the I/O address
Octopus-550
. Make a note of them.
Octopus-550
, you must
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