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  • Subject: RE: IBM 5250 emulation boards and client acc
  • From: Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 19:01:56 -0600

No, it's not guaranteed to cause locks/hangs, but it HAS occured at 3 of
our customers in the last 6 months !
In the one case I looked at personally, I could see no conflict with
either Memory or IRQ settings.



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerome Draper [SMTP:jdraper@wco.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 1998 7:47 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: IBM 5250 emulation boards and client acc
> 
> At 12:14 PM 8/24/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >If you're currently using Ethernet &/or Token-Ring, then maybe the
> best
> >thing to do with these cards is to cover them up again, or give them
> >away.  You can't use a Twinax card in the same PC as an Ethernet or
> >Token-Ring card.  It's not supported by IBM, and will cause
> hangs/lock
> >ups on the PC.
> 
> A lot of stuff on PC's are not supported by IBM.  Like Windows.
> 
> You can certainly use twinax cards in PC's with ethernet or token ring
> cards.  It does not necessarily cuase hangs/lock ups on PC's.
> 
> The issue is to resolve hardware conflicts within the PC.  If the LAN
> card
> is using the same I/O or interrupt as the twinax then, of course,
> neither
> will work.  If there are no conflicts, the all is well and they can
> co-exist.  
> 
> This is one reason the Synapse WinTwin adapter I
> sell/recommend/support is
> so useful.  There are no DOS TSR's, no DMA, no Shared Ram, and no
> interrupts consumed so it does not slow the PC down like the BOS
> Stealth
> cards or make installation difficult (most other cards).  What's your
> time
> worth?  I don't blame IBM by just saying we don't support twinax and
> LAN in
> the same PC.  I feel like saying the same thing every day to some of
> my
> customers.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> 
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